Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable alkaline phosphatase activity; metal ion binding activity; and protease binding activity. Acts upstream of or within neural tube development; neurogenesis; and post-anal tail morphogenesis. Located in brush border. Is expressed in duodenum; intestine; and jejunum. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in inflammatory bowel disease. Orthologous to human ALPG (alkaline phosphatase, germ cell) and ALPI (alkaline phosphatase, intestinal).