Involved in several processes, including pexophagy; programmed cell death in response to reactive oxygen species; and regulation of peroxisome organization. Acts upstream of or within cell death; detection of mechanical stimulus involved in sensory perception of sound; and stereocilium maintenance. Located in several cellular components, including cytoskeleton; peroxisomal membrane; and stereocilium base. Used to study autosomal recessive nonsyndromic deafness 59. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal recessive nonsyndromic deafness 59. Orthologous to human PJVK (pejvakin). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]