Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables cytokine activity; protein heterodimerization activity; and protein homodimerization activity. Involved in several processes, including defense response to other organism; intestinal epithelial structure maintenance; and positive regulation of gene expression. Acts upstream of or within cellular response to interleukin-1; positive regulation of cytokine production involved in inflammatory response; and positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Located in external side of plasma membrane and extracellular space. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Mycobacterium avium complex disease; autoimmune disease (multiple); bronchial disease (multiple); eye disease (multiple); and rhinitis (multiple). Orthologous to human IL17A (interleukin 17A).