This family is a component of a cation-channel complex.

1: Peptide neurotransmitters activate a cation channel complex of NALCN and UNC-80. Lu B, Su Y, Das S, Wang H, Wang Y, Liu J, Ren D; Nature. 2009;457:741-744. PMID:19092807

2: Unc-1: a stomatin homologue controls sensitivity to volatile anesthetics in Caenorhabditis elegans. Rajaram S, Sedensky MM, Morgan PG; Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998;95:8761-8766. PMID:9671752

3: Conserved role of unc-79 in ethanol responses in lightweight mutant mice. Speca DJ, Chihara D, Ashique AM, Bowers MS, Pierce-Shimomura JT, Lee J, Rabbee N, Speed TP, Gularte RJ, Chitwood J, Medrano JF, Liao M, Sonner JM, Eger EI 2nd, Peterson AS, McIntire SL; PLoS Genet. 2010; [Epub ahead of print] PMID:20714347

4: A putative cation channel, NCA-1, and a novel protein, UNC-80, transmit neuronal activity in C. elegans. Yeh E, Ng S, Zhang M, Bouhours M, Wang Y, Wang M, Hung W, Aoyagi K, Melnik-Martinez K, Li M, Liu F, Schafer WR, Zhen M; PLoS Biol. 2008;6:e55. PMID:18336069