Predicted to be involved in several processes, including autophagy; mitochondrial calcium ion homeostasis; and response to oxidative stress. Predicted to be located in cytosol; endoplasmic reticulum; and mitochondrial membrane. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in hereditary spastic paraplegia 43 and neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation 4. Orthologous to human C19orf12 (chromosome 19 open reading frame 12). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]