Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables glycolipid binding activity. Involved in spermatogenesis. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including male gamete generation; positive regulation of G2/M transition of mitotic cell cycle; and synaptonemal complex disassembly. Located in cell surface; meiotic spindle; and nucleus. Part of CatSper complex. Is expressed in several structures, including 2-cell stage embryo; alimentary system; ganglia; medulla oblongata basal plate; and submandibular gland primordium. Orthologous to human HSPA2 (heat shock protein family A (Hsp70) member 2).