Enables steroid binding activity. Predicted to act upstream of or within glucocorticoid metabolic process. Located in extracellular exosome. Implicated in corticosteroid-binding globulin deficiency.
RGD Description
This gene encodes an alpha-globulin protein with corticosteroid-binding properties. This is the major transport protein for glucorticoids and progestins in the blood of most vertebrates. The gene localizes to a chromosomal region containing several closely related serine protease inhibitors which may have evolved by duplication events. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]