Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables protein serine/threonine phosphatase inhibitor activity. Predicted to be located in cytosol. Is expressed in alimentary system; cerebellum; ganglia; heart; and neural retina. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in familial hypercholesterolemia. Orthologous to human PPP1R17 (protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 17).