Predicted to enable lamin binding activity and protein homodimerization activity. Involved in negative regulation of mitochondrial membrane potential; positive regulation of apoptotic process; and positive regulation of mitochondrial membrane permeability. Located in cytosol and mitochondrion. Biomarker of gestational diabetes; middle cerebral artery infarction; and pancreatitis. Orthologous to human BNIP3L (BCL2 interacting protein 3 like). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]