lys-3 encodes one of a family of ten C. elegans lysozyme genes that are homologous to lysozymes in the amoeboid protozoan Entamoeba histolytica; lys-3 expression is upregulated in response to stress; lys-3 activity is required for the stress response to copper ion, and in response to copper ion stress, lys-3 expression is upregulated in a kgb-1-dependent manner.
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.