Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables bisphosphoglycerate mutase activity. Involved in glycolytic process. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including defense response to protozoan; erythrocyte development; and oxygen transport. Is expressed in alimentary system; early conceptus; liver; oocyte; and respiratory system. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in familial erythrocytosis 8. Orthologous to human BPGM (bisphosphoglycerate mutase).