Predicted to enable ATP binding activity and chaperone binding activity. Involved in negative regulation of hypoxia-induced intrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway and response to hypoxia. Located in smooth endoplasmic reticulum. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in immunodeficiency 59. Orthologous to human HYOU1 (hypoxia up-regulated 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]