Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable calmodulin binding activity; sodium ion binding activity; and voltage-gated sodium channel activity. Involved in behavioral response to pain. Located in membrane and sarcoplasm. Is expressed in gut; heart; and nervous system. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 62 and familial focal epilepsy with variable foci 4. Orthologous to human SCN3A (sodium voltage-gated channel alpha subunit 3).