Predicted to enable glycerol kinase activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including glycerol metabolic process; glycerol-3-phosphate biosynthetic process; and triglyceride metabolic process. Predicted to be active in mitochondrion. Is expressed in olfactory epithelium and submandibular gland primordium. Orthologous to human GK5 (glycerol kinase 5). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]