Predicted to enable Hsp70 protein binding activity; chaperone binding activity; and proteasome binding activity. Predicted to be involved in negative regulation of inclusion body assembly. Predicted to be located in mitochondrion and nucleus. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Charlevoix-Saguenay spastic ataxia. Orthologous to human SACS (sacsin molecular chaperone). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]