Acts upstream of or within cell differentiation and lens development in camera-type eye. Predicted to be located in Golgi apparatus; cell junction; and nuclear body. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; epithelium; eye; skin; and tooth. Used to study Nance-Horan syndrome. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Nance-Horan syndrome and cataract 40. Orthologous to human NHS (NHS actin remodeling regulator). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]