Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Acts upstream of or within several processes, including glucose import in response to insulin stimulus; muscle cell development; and response to glucose. Located in sarcolemma. Part of sarcoglycan complex. Is expressed in extraembryonic component; genitourinary system; musculature; and nervous system. Used to study autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2E. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2E and muscular dystrophy. Orthologous to human SGCB (sarcoglycan beta).