Predicted to enable death domain binding activity. Predicted to be involved in apoptotic signaling pathway; cellular response to amino acid starvation; and negative regulation of autophagy. Predicted to act upstream of or within apoptotic process and cell differentiation. Is expressed in cap mesenchyme; eye; integumental system; and tongue epithelium. Orthologous to human DAPL1 (death associated protein like 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]