Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables identical protein binding activity. Acts upstream of or within nuclear membrane organization. Located in endoplasmic reticulum lumen and nuclear inner membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including aorta; cartilage; future spinal cord; genitourinary system; and oral epithelium. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia 5; autosomal dominant Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy 7; and autosomal dominant auditory neuropathy 3. Orthologous to human TMEM43 (transmembrane protein 43).