Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables aryl hydrocarbon receptor binding activity and transcription coregulator activity. Acts upstream of or within xenobiotic metabolic process. Located in cytosol and membrane. Part of aryl hydrocarbon receptor complex. Is expressed in several structures, including liver; nervous system; ovary; retina; and urinary system. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in pituitary adenoma 1. Orthologous to human AIP (aryl hydrocarbon receptor interacting protein).