Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable scaffold protein binding activity and scavenger receptor activity. Predicted to act upstream of or within endocytosis. Predicted to be located in cell surface and plasma membrane. Predicted to be active in external side of plasma membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; immune system; male reproductive gland or organ; olfactory lobe; and quadriceps femoris muscle. Orthologous to human CD163 (CD163 molecule).