Predicted to enable microtubule binding activity. Acts upstream of or within cellular response to reactive oxygen species and flagellated sperm motility. Located in axoneme; sperm cytoplasmic droplet; and sperm principal piece. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in primary ciliary dyskinesia 6. Orthologous to human NME8 (NME/NM23 family member 8). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]