Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Involved in several processes, including CD4-positive, alpha-beta T cell activation; defense response to other organism; and granzyme-mediated programmed cell death signaling pathway. Located in cytolytic granule. Is expressed in ductus deferens; epididymis; esophagus; prostate gland; and thymus primordium. Orthologous to human NKG7 (natural killer cell granule protein 7).