Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.3.0)
Predicted to be an extracellular matrix structural constituent conferring tensile strength. Acts upstream of or within camera-type eye morphogenesis and epithelial cell proliferation. Predicted to be located in basement membrane. Predicted to be part of collagen type VIII trimer. Predicted to be active in extracellular matrix. Is expressed in basement membrane; blood vessel; cornea; genitourinary system; and heart. Used to study Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy and posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy 2. Orthologous to human COL8A2 (collagen type VIII alpha 2 chain).
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