F13H8.4 encodes a homolog of the human neuronal membrane glycoproteins PLP1 (OMIM:300401, mutated in Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease and spastic paraplegia), M6A (OMIM:601275), and M6B (OMIM:300051); the presence of a myelin-related protein in C. elegans is currently unexplained, but suggests that some evolutionary precursor of myelin may exist in invertebrates, perhaps involving septate junctions between cells.
Predicted to be involved in neuron projection development. Predicted to be located in plasma membrane. Expressed in several structures, including cephalic sheath cell; neurons; somatic nervous system; tail ganglion; and ventral ganglion. Used to study depressive disorder. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease and hereditary spastic paraplegia 2. Is an ortholog of human GPM6A (glycoprotein M6A); GPM6B (glycoprotein M6B); and PLP1 (proteolipid protein 1).
Map position created from combination of previous interpolated map position (based on known location of sequence) and allele information. Therefore this is not a genetic map position based on recombination frequencies or genetic experiments. This was done on advice of the CGC.