Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable integrin binding activity. Predicted to be an extracellular matrix structural constituent conferring tensile strength. Acts upstream of or within cellular response to amino acid stimulus. Located in collagen-containing extracellular matrix. Is expressed in several structures, including genitourinary system; nervous system; retina layer; and trunk mesenchyme. Orthologous to human COL16A1 (collagen type XVI alpha 1 chain).