Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Involved in energy homeostasis. Acts upstream of or within with a negative effect on apoptotic process and gene expression. Acts upstream of or within cellular response to hypoxia; miRNA-mediated post-transcriptional gene silencing; and mitochondrion organization. Is expressed in central nervous system; sensory organ; and skeleton. Orthologous to human MIR668 (microRNA 668).