Predicted to enable fatty acid elongase activity. Predicted to be involved in ceramide biosynthetic process; establishment of skin barrier; and fatty acid biosynthetic process. Predicted to be located in endoplasmic reticulum. Predicted to be integral component of endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Orthologous to human ELOVL1 (ELOVL fatty acid elongase 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]