Enables identical protein binding activity. Acts upstream of or within cell adhesion. Predicted to be located in plasma membrane. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
Forensic Context
A study in humans identified ENST00000372838.8 as a differentially expressed mRNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells, showing it was down-regulated in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction compared to those with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, with a fold change of 5.13, and it was classified as a diagnostic biomarker for acute myocardial infarction [Zhong et al. DOI:10.1097/MD.0000000000013066].