sgca-1 encodes a protein orthologous to the human gene SARCOGLYCAN, ALPHA (50KD DYSTROPHIN-ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN) (SGCA; OMIM:600119), which when mutated leads to disease.
Predicted to enable calcium ion binding activity. Located in striated muscle dense body. Expressed in anal depressor muscle; anal sphincter muscle; body wall musculature; and vulval muscle. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2D; myoclonic dystonia 11; and stomach cancer. Is an ortholog of human SGCA (sarcoglycan alpha) and SGCE (sarcoglycan epsilon).
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.