Predicted to act upstream of or within sensory perception of sound. Predicted to be located in stereocilium. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy; autosomal recessive nonsyndromic deafness 77; and orofacial cleft. Orthologous to human LOXHD1 (lipoxygenase homology PLAT domains 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]