Predicted to enable mechanosensitive ion channel activity. Predicted to act upstream of or within ion transport. Predicted to be located in Golgi apparatus; endoplasmic reticulum; and nuclear membrane. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in epidermodysplasia verruciformis. Orthologous to human TMC6 (transmembrane channel like 6). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]