ser-6 encodes a G protein-coupled receptor that is a member of the C. elegans biogenic amine (dopamine, serotonin, octopamine and tyramine) receptor family; in C. elegans, SER-6 functions as part of a signaling pathway that mediates serotonin-induced fat reduction via transcriptional regulation of lipid oxidation genes; a ser-6::GFP promoter fusion is expressed in a subset of head and tail neurons.
Enables octopamine receptor activity. Involved in positive regulation of fatty acid beta-oxidation by octopamine signaling pathway. Predicted to be located in dendrite. Expressed in intestine; neurons; and in male.
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.