mlt-8 encodes a novel protein; during development, mlt-8 activity is required for molting; a mlt-8::gfp reporter is expressed in hypodermal cells and in a single posterior neuron.
Predicted to enable lipid transporter activity. Predicted to be involved in ganglioside catabolic process and lipid transport. Predicted to be located in cytoplasmic side of plasma membrane. Expressed in cuticle and hypodermal cell.
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.