Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable identical protein binding activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including determination of left/right symmetry; heart development; and in utero embryonic development. Located in ciliary inversin compartment. Is expressed in intrahepatic bile duct epithelium; liver; and liver parenchyma. Used to study visceral heterotaxy. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in nephronophthisis 16. Orthologous to human ANKS6 (ankyrin repeat and sterile alpha motif domain containing 6).