Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Involved in exploration behavior; memory; and regulation of neuronal synaptic plasticity. Acts upstream of or within learning; locomotion; and neuromuscular process controlling balance. Located in endoplasmic reticulum membrane and plasma membrane. Part of junctional membrane complex. Is expressed in brain; ganglia; retina; spinal cord; and testis. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Huntington's disease-like 2. Orthologous to human JPH3 (junctophilin 3).