Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables identical protein binding activity and signaling receptor activity. Involved in B-1 B cell lineage commitment and regulation of B cell differentiation. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including leukocyte chemotaxis involved in inflammatory response; negative regulation of leukocyte migration; and negative regulation of respiratory burst involved in inflammatory response. Predicted to be located in membrane. Orthologous to human SLAMF8 (SLAM family member 8).