Predicted to enable laminin binding activity. Involved in anatomical structure morphogenesis; inductive cell migration; and positive regulation of locomotion. Located in basal plasma membrane. Expressed in several structures, including ALM; PVP; e2; gonad; and lumbar ganglion. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy; autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2D; autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2P; bronchopulmonary dysplasia; congenital muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy type A9; and inclusion body myositis. Is an ortholog of human DAG1 (dystroglycan 1).
Map position created from combination of previous interpolated map position (based on known location of sequence) and allele information. Therefore this is not a genetic map position based on recombination frequencies or genetic experiments. This was done on advice of the CGC.