这个基因编码一个包含蛋白质的螺旋结构域编码蛋白广泛表达，可能作为肿瘤抑制因子发挥作用。一种染色体重排导致包含该基因一部分的融合基因和ret原癌基因的细胞内激酶编码区的表达是甲状腺乳头状癌的病因。[由refseq提供，2010年9月]
This gene encodes a coiled-coil domain-containing protein. The encoded protein is ubiquitously expressed and may function as a tumor suppressor. A chromosomal rearrangement resulting in the expression of a fusion gene containing a portion of this gene and the intracellular kinase-encoding domain of the ret proto-oncogene is the cause of thyroid papillary carcinoma.[provided by RefSeq, Sep 2010]