Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables magnesium ion binding activity. Predicted to be involved in inositol metabolic process; phosphatidylinositol biosynthetic process; and signal transduction. Predicted to be located in axon; cytoplasm; and neuronal cell body. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; central nervous system; genitourinary system; integumental system; and sensory organ. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal recessive intellectual developmental disorder 59 and intellectual disability. Orthologous to human IMPA1 (inositol monophosphatase 1).