Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable magnesium ion transmembrane transporter activity. Involved in magnesium ion transport. Predicted to be located in plasma membrane. Predicted to be active in membrane. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis 6. Orthologous to human NIPAL4 (NIPA like domain containing 4).