Predicted to enable calcium ion binding activity. Predicted to be an extracellular matrix structural constituent. Predicted to act upstream of or within growth plate cartilage chondrocyte morphogenesis and regulation of bone mineralization. Predicted to be located in extracellular matrix. Predicted to be active in collagen-containing extracellular matrix. Orthologous to human MATN1 (matrilin 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]