Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable structural molecule activity. Predicted to be involved in endoplasmic reticulum to Golgi vesicle-mediated transport and intra-Golgi vesicle-mediated transport. Predicted to act upstream of or within protein transport. Located in COPI-coated vesicle and Golgi apparatus. Is expressed in neocortex; sensory organ; and skeleton. Orthologous to human COPB1 (COPI coat complex subunit beta 1).