gene: mec-4 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Enables ligand-gated sodium channel activity. Involved in regulation of multicellular organismal process; response to mechanical stimulus; and sodium ion transmembrane transport. Located in axon and neuron projection membrane. Expressed in touch receptor neurons. Used to study ischemia and neurodegenerative disease. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in bronchiectasis (multiple); neuroblastoma; and renal tubular transport disease (multiple). Is an ortholog of human SCNN1B (sodium channel epithelial 1 subunit beta); SCNN1D (sodium channel epithelial 1 subunit delta); and SCNN1G (sodium channel epithelial 1 subunit gamma).