Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Involved in adherens junction maintenance; intestinal epithelial structure maintenance; and positive regulation of protein ubiquitination. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm and nuclear body. Is expressed in gut; metanephros; olfactory epithelium; respiratory system; and submandibular gland primordium. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in inflammatory bowel disease 29. Orthologous to human INAVA (innate immunity activator).