Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables scavenger receptor activity. Acts upstream of or within endocytosis and heterophilic cell-cell adhesion via plasma membrane cell adhesion molecules. Predicted to be located in membrane. Is expressed in brain; metanephros; skin; thoracic segment skeleton; and trachea. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Van den Ende-Gupta syndrome. Orthologous to human SCARF2 (scavenger receptor class F member 2).