Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables protein homodimerization activity. Involved in several processes, including organelle fission; regulation of ATP metabolic process; and regulation of organelle organization. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including calcium ion transport; mitocytosis; and protein localization to mitochondrion. Located in several cellular components, including brush border; mitochondrial outer membrane; and peroxisome. Is expressed in heart. Used to study dilated cardiomyopathy. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in encephalopathy due to defective mitochondrial and peroxisomal fission 1 and optic atrophy 5. Orthologous to human DNM1L (dynamin 1 like).