Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable actin binding activity and beta-tubulin binding activity. Acts upstream of or within skeletal muscle cell differentiation. Located in TMEM240-body and nuclear membrane. Is expressed in quadriceps femoris muscle; skin; submandibular gland primordium; telencephalon ventricular layer; and thymus primordium. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy; X-linked Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy 1; and dilated cardiomyopathy. Orthologous to human EMD (emerin).