Predicted to enable carbohydrate binding activity. Predicted to be involved in defense response to bacterium. Predicted to act upstream of or within defense response to nematode; negative regulation of interleukin-10 production; and positive regulation of interleukin-4 production. Orthologous to human PRG2 (proteoglycan 2, pro eosinophil major basic protein). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]