[C.elegansII] pk92 : Tc1 insertion, no known phenotype.Encodes NK class homeoprotein. ceh-24:lacZ expressed in pharynx muscle m8, vulval muscles,some head neurons. [PD]
ceh-24 encodes an NK class homeodomain protein orthologous to human NK2 Homeobox 1 (NKX2-1; OMIM:600635) which is expressed in the thyroid, lung, and bronchial epithelia and which, when mutated, leads to disease.
Predicted to enable DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific and RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in cell differentiation; regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II; and regulation of transcription elongation by RNA polymerase II. Predicted to be located in nucleus. Expressed in head muscle; intestine; neurons; non-striated muscle; and ventral nerve cord. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in choreatic disease and thyroid gland papillary carcinoma. Is an ortholog of human NKX2-1 (NK2 homeobox 1) and NKX2-4 (NK2 homeobox 4).
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.