Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable protein homodimerization activity. Predicted to be involved in cellular response to lipopolysaccharide; defense response to other organism; and disruption of plasma membrane integrity in another organism. Predicted to act upstream of or within defense response. Predicted to be located in extracellular region. Predicted to be active in extracellular space. Is expressed in intestine and notochord. Orthologous to several human genes including DEFA6 (defensin alpha 6).