Enables glycolipid binding activity and pattern recognition receptor activity. Involved in antifungal innate immune response and positive regulation of cytokine production. Acts upstream of or within Fc-gamma receptor signaling pathway; T cell differentiation involved in immune response; and defense response to bacterium. Is active in phagocytic vesicle membrane and plasma membrane. Orthologous to human CLEC4E (C-type lectin domain family 4 member E). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]