Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.3.0)
Predicted to enable phospholipid binding activity. Involved in regulation of cardiac muscle tissue development. Acts upstream of or within positive regulation of cytosolic calcium ion concentration. Located in Z disc; membrane; and sarcoplasmic reticulum. Part of junctional membrane complex. Is expressed in several structures, including genitourinary system; heart; liver; skeletal muscle; and spleen. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in dilated cardiomyopathy 2E and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 17. Orthologous to human JPH2 (junctophilin 2).
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