Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Involved in energy homeostasis. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including cellular response to ethanol; cellular response to mechanical stimulus; and regulation of gene expression. Is expressed in brain; heart; liver; lung; and tongue. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in lung non-small cell carcinoma. Orthologous to human MIR154 (microRNA 154).