Predicted to enable heparin binding activity. Predicted to be involved in cell adhesion. Predicted to act upstream of or within bone trabecula formation; growth plate cartilage development; and ossification involved in bone maturation. Predicted to be located in perinuclear region of cytoplasm. Orthologous to human THBS3 (thrombospondin 3). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]