该基因与果蝇透明基因同源，与常染色体显性遗传、完全渗透性、非综合征、感音神经性进行性低频听力丧失有关肌动蛋白聚合涉及果蝇和小鼠体内已知与透明蛋白相互作用的蛋白质。因此，人们推测该基因可能在内耳毛细胞肌动蛋白聚合的调节中起作用另外，已经发现该基因编码不同亚型的剪接转录变体[由RefSeq提供，2008年7月]
This gene is a homolog of the Drosophila diaphanous gene, and has been linked to autosomal dominant, fully penetrant, nonsyndromic sensorineural progressive low-frequency hearing loss. Actin polymerization involves proteins known to interact with diaphanous protein in Drosophila and mouse. It has therefore been speculated that this gene may have a role in the regulation of actin polymerization in hair cells of the inner ear. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]