Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Involved in auditory receptor cell stereocilium organization; sensory perception of sound; and stereocilium maintenance. Acts upstream of or within inner ear auditory receptor cell differentiation. Located in stereocilium bundle. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal recessive nonsyndromic deafness. Orthologous to human CLRN2 (clarin 2).