CELE_F10C2.2, kup1, F10C2.2

kup-1 encodes a novel protein that is conserved in C. briggsae, but contains no other known homologs; kup-1 is the upstream gene in an operon with pkc-1, which encodes two protein kinase C isoforms of the nPKC isotype; the polycistronic kup-1/pkc-1 mRNA is detected at low levels in embryos and larvae, but its expression greatly increases in adults; as loss of kup-1 activity via large-scale RNAi screens does not result in any obvious abnormalities, the precise role of kup-1 in C. elegans development and/or behavior is not yet known.

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