Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables mechanosensitive monoatomic ion channel activity and voltage-gated calcium channel activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including calcium ion transmembrane transport; detection of mechanical stimulus involved in sensory perception of sound; and vestibular reflex. Located in cuticular plate and stereocilium tip. Is expressed in inner ear. Orthologous to human TMC2 (transmembrane channel like 2).
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