Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable complement binding activity. Predicted to be involved in complement activation. Predicted to act upstream of or within complement activation, alternative pathway; complement activation, classical pathway; and killing of cells of another organism. Predicted to be located in extracellular space. Predicted to be part of membrane attack complex. Is expressed in liver. Orthologous to human C8G (complement C8 gamma chain).