Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Predicted to enable sodium ion binding activity and voltage-gated sodium channel activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including adult walking behavior; muscle organ development; and sensory perception of sound. Located in several cellular components, including Z disc; neuronal cell body; and node of Ranvier. Part of sodium channel complex. Is expressed in several structures, including gut; hemolymphoid system gland; metanephros; nervous system; and testis. Used to study early infantile epileptic encephalopathy and epilepsy. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in benign familial infantile seizures 5 and developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 13. Orthologous to human SCN8A (sodium voltage-gated channel alpha subunit 8).
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