Predicted to enable 6-phosphogluconolactonase activity and monosaccharide binding activity. Predicted to be involved in pentose-phosphate shunt, oxidative branch. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm. Is expressed in cerebellum; hemolymphoid system; and thymus primordium. Orthologous to human PGLS (6-phosphogluconolactonase). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]