Predicted to enable GTP binding activity; GTPase activity; and protein homodimerization activity. Involved in positive regulation of cytokine production and positive regulation of innate immune response. Acts upstream of or within cellular response to interferon-gamma and response to bacterium. Located in cytoplasmic vesicle. Orthologous to human GBP5 (guanylate binding protein 5). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]