Predicted to enable metal ion binding activity. Involved in kidney development; smoothened signaling pathway; and spermatogenesis. Acts upstream of or within animal organ development; left/right axis specification; and skeletal system development. Located in centrosome and cilium. Part of intraciliary transport particle B. Is expressed in germ cell of ovary. Orthologous to human HSPB11 (heat shock protein family B (small) member 11). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]