Predicted to enable identical protein binding activity. Involved in caveolin-mediated endocytosis; cellular response to cholesterol; and protein transport. Located in several cellular components, including caveola; endosome; and perinuclear region of cytoplasm. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts 1. Orthologous to human MLC1 (modulator of VRAC current 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]