Predicted to be involved in muscle organ development. Predicted to act upstream of or within cardiac muscle cell development and vascular associated smooth muscle cell development. Predicted to be located in plasma membrane. Predicted to be part of sarcoglycan complex. Predicted to be active in sarcolemma. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2E and muscular dystrophy. Orthologous to human SGCB (sarcoglycan beta). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]