djr-1.2 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Predicted to enable glyoxalase III activity. Involved in cellular aldehyde metabolic process; cellular response to aldehyde; and monocarboxylic acid biosynthetic process. Located in cytoplasm. Expressed in several structures, including excretory canal; inner labial neurons; phasmid neurons; rectal gland cell; and ventral nerve cord. Used to study Parkinson's disease. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Parkinson's disease 7; Parkinsonism; and middle cerebral artery infarction. Is an ortholog of human PARK7 (Parkinsonism associated deglycase).