Predicted to enable chloride channel activity. Acts upstream of or within positive regulation of osteoblast differentiation and regulation of mitochondrial membrane potential. Located in mitochondrion and nucleus. Is expressed in cerebellum; cerebral cortex subventricular zone; cerebral cortex ventricular layer; early conceptus; and metencephalon. Orthologous to human CLIC1 (chloride intracellular channel 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]