Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to be involved in cellular response to potassium ion starvation; positive regulation of cellular component organization; and positive regulation of neuron apoptotic process. Predicted to act upstream of or within apoptotic process. Predicted to be located in membrane. Predicted to be active in mitochondrion. Is expressed in central nervous system; epidermis; olfactory epithelium; and peripheral nervous system ganglion. Orthologous to human HRK (harakiri, BCL2 interacting protein).