Predicted to enable outward rectifier potassium channel activity and potassium ion leak channel activity. Predicted to be involved in potassium ion transmembrane transport. Predicted to be located in membrane. Predicted to be active in plasma membrane.
WB Description
egl-23 encodes one of 44 C. elegans TWK (two-P domain K+) potassium channel subunits that contain two pore-forming domains and four transmembrane domains; egl-23 was originally defined by gain-of-function mutations that result in defects in locomotion, egg-laying, and enteric muscle activation; loss of egl-23 function via reversion or RNA-mediated interference (RNAi) does not result in any abnormalities suggesting that EGL-23 may function redundantly with other TWK channels; egl-23 does not, however, interact genetically with the UNC-93 group of TWKs encoded by unc-93, sup-9, and sup-10; the EGL-23 expression pattern is not yet known.