Involved in negative regulation of fat cell differentiation. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including glucose homeostasis; negative regulation of organ growth; and negative regulation of signal transduction. Located in actin cytoskeleton. Used to study obesity. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in thrombocytopenia. Orthologous to several human genes including ANKRD26 (ankyrin repeat domain 26). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]