Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Acts upstream of or within several processes, including intracellular signal transduction; negative regulation of mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization involved in apoptotic signaling pathway; and regulation of nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process. Located in mitochondrion and nucleus. Is expressed in brain; head; and placenta. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Orthologous to human IER3 (immediate early response 3).