vit-2 encodes the vitellogenin homolog YP170; vit-2 is expressed in the adult hermaphrodite intestine and VIT-2 is secreted into the pseudocoelomic space before being taken up by developing oocytes; vit-2 expression is regulated in a sex-, stage-, and tissue-specific manner by the ELT-2/GATA and MAB-3 transcription factors.
Predicted to enable lipid transporter activity. Predicted to be involved in lipid transport. Located in cytoplasmic vesicle; vesicle lumen; and yolk granule. Expressed in embryonic cell; gonad; intestine; oocyte; and pseudocoelom.
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.