Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 9.0.0)
Enables copper ion binding activity. Involved in intracellular iron ion homeostasis and negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including multicellular organismal-level iron ion homeostasis; negative regulation of bone resorption; and positive regulation of macrophage activation. Located in extracellular region and nucleus. Is expressed in liver and yolk sac. Used to study hemochromatosis type 2B. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in hemochromatosis; hemochromatosis type 2B; and hepatocellular carcinoma. Orthologous to human HAMP (hepcidin antimicrobial peptide).
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