Predicted to enable enzyme binding activity. Predicted to act upstream of or within carbohydrate metabolic process. Predicted to be located in endoplasmic reticulum and membrane. Predicted to be integral component of membrane. Is expressed in clavicle; craniocervical region bone; inner ear; lung; and submandibular gland primordium. Orthologous to human MLEC (malectin). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]