Predicted to enable C-C chemokine binding activity. Predicted to act upstream of or within inflammatory response and regulation of chemokine production. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Plasmodium vivax malaria and malaria. Orthologous to human ACKR1 (atypical chemokine receptor 1 (Duffy blood group)). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]