Predicted to enable syntaxin binding activity. Acts upstream of or within ectodermal cell differentiation and embryonic ectodermal digestive tract development. Predicted to be located in several cellular components, including Golgi apparatus; perinuclear region of cytoplasm; and recycling endosome. Predicted to be part of EARP complex and GARP complex. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; genitourinary system; heart; hemolymphoid system gland; and liver. Orthologous to human VPS52 (VPS52 subunit of GARP complex). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]