Predicted to enable virus receptor activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including innate immune response; negative regulation of apoptotic process; and osteoblast development. Predicted to act upstream of or within myeloid cell differentiation and negative regulation of myeloid cell apoptotic process. Predicted to be located in cell surface; cytosol; and plasma membrane. Orthologous to human CLEC5A (C-type lectin domain containing 5A). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]