Predicted to enable protease binding activity; protein tag; and ubiquitin protein ligase binding activity. Predicted to be involved in modification-dependent protein catabolic process and protein ubiquitination. Located in myelin sheath. Is expressed in inner ear; oocyte; telencephalon; and trunk unsegmented mesenchyme. Orthologous to human UBC (ubiquitin C). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]