tmc-1

Caenorhabditis elegans

Enables sodium channel activity. Involved in detection of stimulus involved in sensory perception; monoatomic ion transmembrane transport; and sensory perception of chemical stimulus. Located in neuronal cell body; non-motile cilium; and plasma membrane. Expressed in body wall musculature; neurons; and in male. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal dominant nonsyndromic deafness 36; autosomal recessive nonsyndromic deafness 7; and sensorineural hearing loss. Is an ortholog of human TMC3 (transmembrane channel like 3).