Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable identical protein binding activity and potassium channel activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including cellular response to caffeine; lung development; and regulation of cardiac muscle contraction by regulation of the release of sequestered calcium ion. Located in endoplasmic reticulum. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in osteogenesis imperfecta type 14. Orthologous to human TMEM38B (transmembrane protein 38B).