Predicted to enable iron ion binding activity. Acts upstream of or within iron ion homeostasis and positive regulation of cellular protein catabolic process. Predicted to be located in perinuclear region of cytoplasm. Predicted to be part of SCF ubiquitin ligase complex. Is expressed in central nervous system and retina. Orthologous to human FBXL5 (F-box and leucine rich repeat protein 5). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]