Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables metal ion binding activity. Acts upstream of or within intracellular monoatomic cation homeostasis. Predicted to be located in cytosol. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm and nucleus. Is expressed in decidua; decidua capsularis; embryo; liver; and tongue. Orthologous to human MT4 (metallothionein 4).