Predicted to enable calcium ion binding activity. Expressed in hypodermis; pharyngeal-intestinal valve cell; and pharynx. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in microphthalmia with limb anomalies. Is an ortholog of human SMOC1 (SPARC related modular calcium binding 1) and SMOC2 (SPARC related modular calcium binding 2).
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.