Predicted to enable identical protein binding activity and pentosyltransferase activity. Involved in cellular response to glucose starvation. Predicted to be located in nucleoplasm. Predicted to be active in cytosol. Biomarker of middle cerebral artery infarction. Orthologous to human UPP1 (uridine phosphorylase 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]