Predicted to enable ribonuclease activity. Acts upstream of or within response to bacterium. Predicted to be located in extracellular region. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; brain; integumental system; limb segment; and reproductive system. Orthologous to human RNASE1 (ribonuclease A family member 1, pancreatic). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]