Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables phosphatidylinositol bisphosphate binding activity; phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate binding activity; and transmembrane transporter binding activity. Acts upstream of or within behavioral response to pain and response to heat. Located in plasma membrane. Is expressed in gut; nervous system; and olfactory epithelium. Orthologous to human PIRT (phosphoinositide interacting regulator of transient receptor potential channels).