Potential tumor suppressor in gliomas. Interacts with VCL. Colocalizes with VCL in astrocytes. Ubiquitous. High expression in brain followed by testis, muscle, pancreas, heart, ovary, small intestine, placenta, prostate, thymus, kidney, colon, liver, lung, spleen and leukocytes. Expression is reduced in most glioblastomas and all glioblastoma cell lines. Truncated N-terminus. Truncated N-terminus.