Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable cadmium ion binding activity and zinc ion binding activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including detoxification of copper ion; intracellular zinc ion homeostasis; and nitric oxide mediated signal transduction. Predicted to be located in cytosol. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm and nucleus. Is expressed in several structures, including gut; liver lobe; lung; sensory organ; and submandibular gland primordium. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in carotid stenosis and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Orthologous to several human genes including MT2A (metallothionein 2A).