Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable several functions, including ATP binding activity; ATP hydrolysis activity; and nucleic acid binding activity. Acts upstream of or within protein catabolic process and pyroptosis. Predicted to be located in nucleoplasm. Predicted to be part of NLRP1 inflammasome complex. Predicted to be active in cytosol. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in vitiligo. Orthologous to human NLRP1 (NLR family pyrin domain containing 1).