Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables carbohydrate derivative binding activity and mannose binding activity. Predicted to be involved in immune response. Predicted to act upstream of or within regulation of T cell proliferation. Located in cell surface. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Coronavirus infectious disease (multiple); aspergillosis; dengue disease (multiple); human immunodeficiency virus infectious disease (multiple); and tuberculosis (multiple). Orthologous to several human genes including CD209 (CD209 molecule).