Predicted to enable protein homodimerization activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including face morphogenesis; fibroblast migration; and luteinization. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Predicted to be active in cell junction and plasma membrane. Is expressed in several struc
tures, including alimentary system; central nervous system; genitourinary system; sensory organ; and submandibular gland primordium. Orthologous to human SCHIP1 (schwannomin interacting protein 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
This locus represents naturally occurring read-through transcription from the neighboring IQ motif containing J (Iqcj) and schwannomin interacting protein 1 (Schip1) genes. This locus produces a transcript that is composed of in-frame exons from each individual
gene. The resulting fusion protein is thought to be a component of the multimolecular complexes of axon initial segments and nodes of Ranvier, and it may play a role in calcium-mediated responses. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2010]