Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables hormone activity and identical protein binding activity. Involved in several processes, including negative regulation of autophagy; negative regulation of osteoblast differentiation; and positive regulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signal transduction. Acts upstream of or within positive regulation of fatty acid transport and regulation of fatty acid metabolic process. Located in extracellular space. Orthologous to human ERFE (erythroferrone).