Enables ion binding activity. Contributes to adenylate cyclase activity and cytidylate cyclase activity. Involved in response to herbicide and response to organic cyclic compound. Part of guanylate cyclase complex, soluble. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Moyamoya disease. Orthologous to human GUCY1A1 (guanylate cyclase 1 soluble subunit alpha 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]