atg-16.2 encodes a divergent ortholog of the autophagic budding yeast protein Atg16p, and of human ATG16L1 (OMIM:610767, associated with Crohndisease) and ATG16L2; ATG-16.2 is paralogous to ATG-16.1; ATG-16.2 hasno obvious function in mass RNAi assays.
Involved in defense response to Gram-positive bacterium; gamete generation; and macroautophagy. Located in cytoplasm. Expressed in body wall musculature; embryonic cell; intestine; neurons; and pharyngeal muscle cell. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in inflammatory bowel disease 10. Is an ortholog of human ATG16L1 (autophagy related 16 like 1) and ATG16L2 (autophagy related 16 like 2).
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.