Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables zinc ion binding activity. Involved in several processes, including leptin-mediated signaling pathway; positive regulation of ERK1 and ERK2 cascade; and positive regulation of oxygen metabolic process. Acts upstream of or within intracellular monoatomic cation homeostasis and negative regulation of neurogenesis. Located in synaptic vesicle. Is expressed in several structures, including decidua; ganglia; liver; ventral grey horn; and ventricular layer. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Alzheimer's disease. Orthologous to human MT3 (metallothionein 3).