Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable protein homodimerization activity and voltage-gated chloride channel activity. Acts upstream of or within chloride transport and neuronal action potential propagation. Located in sarcolemma. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; early conceptus; heart; oocyte; and skeletal musculature. Used to study myotonia congenita. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Thomsen disease and myotonia congenita. Orthologous to human CLCN1 (chloride voltage-gated channel 1).