Predicted to enable hormone activity. Involved in several processes, including negative regulation of secretion; regulation of blood pressure; and regulation of heart rate. Located in extracellular space. Used to study hypertension. Biomarker of asthma; cardiomyopathy; endomyocardial fibrosis; myocardial infarction; and pulmonary hypertension. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in gestational diabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Orthologous to human UTS2 (urotensin 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]