Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables hormone activity. Involved in several processes, including brown fat cell differentiation; positive regulation of brown fat cell differentiation; and response to muscle activity. Located in extracellular space. Is expressed in central nervous system; sensory organ; skeleton; and vibrissa. Orthologous to human METRNL (meteorin like, glial cell differentiation regulator).