Enables nerve growth factor receptor binding activity. Predicted to be involved in signal transduction. Predicted to act upstream of or within extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway via death domain receptors. Located in cytoplasm. Biomarker of glaucoma; transient cerebral ischemia; and visual epilepsy. Orthologous to human BEX3 (brain expressed X-linked 3). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]