Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable cytokine activity and type I interferon receptor binding activity. Involved in defense response to bacterium and defense response to virus. Predicted to be located in extracellular region. Predicted to be active in extracellular space. Is expressed in diencephalon floor plate and midbrain floor plate. Orthologous to human IFNE (interferon epsilon).