Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to be involved in negative regulation of G2/M transition of mitotic cell cycle and negative regulation of apoptotic process. Predicted to act upstream of or within apoptotic process. Predicted to be located in membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including heart; liver; metanephros; spleen; and testis. Orthologous to human AVEN (apoptosis and caspase activation inhibitor).