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The cuticle of  Caenorhabditis elegans , a complex, multi-layered extracellular matrix, is a major interface between the animal and its environment. Biofilms produced by the bacterial genus  Yersinia  attach to the cuticle of the worm, providing an assay for surface characteristics. A  C. elegans  gene required for biofilm attachment,  bah-1 , encodes a protein containing the domain of unknown function DUF23. The DUF23 domain is found in 61 predicted proteins in  C. elegans , which can be divided into three distinct phylogenetic clades.  bah-1  is expressed in seam cells, which are among the hypodermal cells that synthesize the cuticle, and is regulated by a TGF-β signaling pathway.

Caenorhabditis elegans BAH-1 Is a DUF23 Protein Expressed in Seam Cells and Required for Microbial Biofilm Binding to the Cuticle