Predicted to enable microtubule binding activity. Acts upstream of or within photoreceptor cell maintenance and retina development in camera-type eye. Located in centriole; centrosome; and non-motile cilium. Is expressed in brain ependyma; retina inner nuclear layer; and retina outer nuclear layer. Used to study age related macular degeneration. Orthologous to human MDM1 (Mdm1 nuclear protein). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]