Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Predicted to enable protein serine/threonine kinase activator activity and signaling receptor binding activity. Involved in isotype switching. Acts upstream of or within B cell differentiation and regulation of immunoglobulin production. Located in external side of plasma membrane. Is expressed in Meckel's cartilage; dorsal root ganglion; and limb. Used to study inflammatory bowel disease and systemic lupus erythematosus. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including Kawasaki disease; artery disease (multiple); autoimmune disease (multiple); combined T cell and B cell immunodeficiency (multiple); and hematologic cancer (multiple). Orthologous to human CD40LG (CD40 ligand).
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