Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables tumor necrosis factor receptor activity. Involved in negative regulation of apoptotic process; positive regulation of B cell proliferation; and regulation of gene expression. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including cellular defense response; inflammatory response; and negative regulation of cytokine production. Located in external side of plasma membrane. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in immunodeficiency 16. Orthologous to human TNFRSF4 (TNF receptor superfamily member 4).