Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable gap junction channel activity and identical protein binding activity. Acts upstream of or within lens development in camera-type eye. Located in plasma membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including eye; testis; and thyroid gland. Used to study cataract 1 multiple types. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in cataract and cataract 1 multiple types. Orthologous to human GJA8 (gap junction protein alpha 8).