Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables calcium ion binding activity and volume-sensitive chloride channel activity. Involved in L-glutamate transmembrane transport. Located in plasma membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including adrenal gland; central nervous system; olfactory epithelium; retina layer; and submandibular gland primordium mesenchyme. Orthologous to human TTYH2 (tweety family member 2).