Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable actin filament binding activity. Involved in several processes, including inner ear receptor cell stereocilium organization; intestinal D-glucose absorption; and positive regulation of protein localization to plasma membrane. Acts upstream of or within terminal web assembly. Located in brush border; stereocilium; and terminal web. Is expressed in egg cylinder; female reproductive system; and gut. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal dominant nonsyndromic deafness 76. Orthologous to human PLS1 (plastin 1).