Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable guanyl-nucleotide exchange factor activity. Involved in anterograde synaptic vesicle transport; execution phase of apoptosis; and regulation of cell cycle. Acts upstream of or within negative regulation of apoptotic signaling pathway. Located in axon cytoplasm. Is expressed in nervous system; sensory organ; and tongue. Used to study type 2 diabetes mellitus. Orthologous to human MADD (MAP kinase activating death domain).