Predicted to enable chaperone binding activity; heat shock protein binding activity; and protein C-terminus binding activity. Acts upstream of or within cellular response to interleukin-7. Located in myelin sheath. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; liver; lung; metanephros; and notochord. Orthologous to human STIP1 (stress induced phosphoprotein 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]