ilys-1 encodes one of five C. elegans invertebrate-type lysozymes; ilys-1 is found in a cluster with ilys-2 and ilys-3 on chromosome IV; however, unlike the four other invertebrate-type lysozymes, ILYS-1 lacks a predicted signal sequence; at the nucleotide level, ilys-1 contains an insertion and a number of nucleotide changes relative to the other ilys genes.
Predicted to enable lysozyme activity. Predicted to be involved in defense response to Gram-positive bacterium. Expressed in intestine; mc1; mc2; pm3; and pm4.
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.