Predicted to enable medium-chain fatty acid-CoA ligase activity. Predicted to be involved in fatty acid metabolic process. Predicted to act upstream of or within lipid metabolic process. Located in mitochondrion. Is expressed in several structures, including connective tissue; gonad; gut gland; immune system; and nervous system. Orthologous to human ACSF2 (acyl-CoA synthetase family member 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]