Clic5 - chloride intracellular channel 5

Predicted to enable chloride channel activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including auditory receptor cell stereocilium organization; diet induced thermogenesis; and sensory perception of sound. Located in stereocilium. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; gut; inner ear; lung; and metanephros. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal recessive nonsyndromic deafness 103. Orthologous to human CLIC5 (chloride intracellular channel 5). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]