Predicted to be involved in protein folding and response to endoplasmic reticulum stress. Predicted to act upstream of or within response to unfolded protein. Predicted to be active in endoplasmic reticulum. Is expressed in diencephalon lateral wall mantle layer and midbrain mantle layer. Orthologous to human ERP27 (endoplasmic reticulum protein 27). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]