Acts upstream of or within negative regulation of autophagy; neuromuscular process controlling balance; and neuron differentiation. Is expressed in several structures, including jaw bone; nervous system; sensory organ; thymus primordium; and vibrissa. Orthologous to human HERC1 (HECT and RLD domain containing E3 ubiquitin protein ligase family member 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]