Predicted to enable catalase activity and heme binding activity. Acts upstream of or within sensory perception of sound. Located in stereocilium. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy; autosomal recessive nonsyndromic deafness 77; and orofacial cleft. Orthologous to human LOXHD1 (lipoxygenase homology PLAT domains 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]