Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables steroid binding activity. Acts upstream of or within glucocorticoid metabolic process. Located in extracellular space. Is expressed in liver; pancreas; and pancreas tip epithelium. Used to study corticosteroid-binding globulin deficiency. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in corticosteroid-binding globulin deficiency. Orthologous to human SERPINA6 (serpin family A member 6).