Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.3.0)
Predicted to enable several functions, including calcium-dependent protein binding activity; monosaccharide binding activity; and phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate binding activity. Acts upstream of or within defense response to Gram-positive bacterium; defense response to symbiont; and positive regulation of phagocytosis. Located in extracellular space. Is expressed in early conceptus and embryo. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including bacterial infectious disease (multiple); fungal infectious disease (multiple); liver disease (multiple); lung disease (multiple); and vasculitis (multiple). Orthologous to human MBL2 (mannose binding lectin 2).
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