Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables chemoattractant activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including cell chemotaxis; defense response to bacterium; and positive chemotaxis. Predicted to be located in extracellular region. Predicted to be active in extracellular space. Is expressed in skin. Orthologous to human DEFB103A (defensin beta 103A) and DEFB103B (defensin beta 103B).