Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable complement binding activity. Acts upstream of or within negative regulation of activation of membrane attack complex. Located in cell surface and plasma membrane. Is expressed in blood; heart; liver; lung; and testis. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in colorectal carcinoma and ovarian cancer. Orthologous to human CD59 (CD59 molecule (CD59 blood group)).