Acts upstream of or within negative regulation of mitophagy; negative regulation of proteasomal ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process; and positive regulation of autophagosome maturation. Located in endolysosome membrane. Used to study neurodegenerative disease. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Addison's disease; multiple sclerosis; rheumatoid arthritis; and type 1 diabetes mellitus. Orthologous to human CLEC16A (C-type lectin domain containing 16A). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]