Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 5.4.0)
Enables SNARE binding activity. Involved in SNARE complex assembly. Acts upstream of or within cellular response to type II interferon. Located in several cellular components, including basolateral plasma membrane; lateral loop; and myelin sheath adaxonal region. Part of SNARE complex. Is active in glutamatergic synapse and postsynapse. Is expressed in central nervous system; metanephros; and retina. Orthologous to human STX4 (syntaxin 4).