Predicted to enable chaperone binding activity; protein folding chaperone; and unfolded protein binding activity. Predicted to be involved in chaperone-mediated protein folding and negative regulation of inclusion body assembly. Predicted to be located in cytosol. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm and nucleus. Is expressed in brain. Orthologous to human DNAJB8 (DnaJ heat shock protein family (Hsp40) member B8). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]