Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable several functions, including heme binding activity; oxygen binding activity; and oxygen carrier activity. Predicted to contribute to haptoglobin binding activity and peroxidase activity. Predicted to be involved in hydrogen peroxide catabolic process. Predicted to be part of haptoglobin-hemoglobin complex and hemoglobin complex. Is expressed in liver lobe. Orthologous to human HBQ1 (hemoglobin subunit theta 1).