Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable NAADP-sensitive calcium-release channel activity. Acts upstream of or within inner ear auditory receptor cell differentiation; locomotory behavior; and sensory perception of sound. Located in cytoplasm and plasma membrane. Is expressed in cochlea; olfactory epithelium; and vibrissa. Orthologous to human MCOLN3 (mucolipin TRP cation channel 3).