Predicted to enable cytokine activity and protein homodimerization activity. Predicted to be involved in inflammatory response; negative regulation of hemopoiesis; and positive regulation of cytokine production. Predicted to be located in extracellular space. Is expressed in central nervous system; ganglia; nucleus pulposus; and thymus primordium. Orthologous to human IL17D (interleukin 17D). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]