Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables cargo receptor activity. Involved in glycophagy; intracellular transport; and substrate localization to autophagosome. Acts upstream of or within endocytosis. Predicted to be located in T-tubule; endoplasmic reticulum; and perinuclear region of cytoplasm. Predicted to be active in membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including adipose tissue; genitourinary system; jaw; nasal capsule; and ventral grey horn. Orthologous to human STBD1 (starch binding domain 1).