Predicted to enable fibroblast growth factor receptor binding activity and growth factor activity. Involved in bile acid and bile salt transport; response to ethanol; and response to organic cyclic compound. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm and extracellular space. Biomarker of alcoholic hepatitis. Orthologous to human FGF19 (fibroblast growth factor 19). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]