Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables adenylate cyclase inhibitor activity. Involved in negative regulation of insulin secretion. Acts upstream of or within G protein-coupled serotonin receptor signaling pathway. Located in cell body and dendrite. Is active in plasma membrane. Is expressed in early conceptus; early tubule; gonad; and nervous system. Orthologous to human GNAZ (G protein subunit alpha z).