Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable cytokine activity and tumor necrosis factor receptor binding activity. Acts upstream of or within CD8-positive, alpha-beta T cell differentiation; defense response to Gram-positive bacterium; and positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Predicted to be located in extracellular space and membrane. Is expressed in renal vasculature. Orthologous to human TNFSF8 (TNF superfamily member 8).