Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.3.0)
Enables mechanosensitive monoatomic cation channel activity. Involved in detection of mechanical stimulus involved in sensory perception. Acts upstream of or within monoatomic cation transport and regulation of membrane potential. Located in cuticular plate; neuronal cell body membrane; and stereocilium. Is expressed in dorsal root ganglion; forelimb; lung; lung epithelium; and thoracic dorsal root ganglion. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in distal arthrogryposis type 3 and distal arthrogryposis type 5. Orthologous to human PIEZO2 (piezo type mechanosensitive ion channel component 2).
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