Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable neuropeptide binding activity and somatostatin receptor activity. Acts upstream of or within glucose homeostasis and regulation of insulin secretion. Located in plasma membrane. Is expressed in brain; cochlea; cochlear duct epithelium; cochlear ganglion; and organ of Corti. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in bipolar disorder. Orthologous to human SSTR5 (somatostatin receptor 5).