Predicted to enable DNA binding activity; protein domain specific binding activity; and protein homodimerization activity. Involved in response to auditory stimulus. Located in cytoplasm and nucleus. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in xeroderma pigmentosum and xeroderma pigmentosum group A. Orthologous to human XPA (XPA, DNA damage recognition and repair factor). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]