Predicted to enable cytokine activity and type I activin receptor binding activity. Involved in positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Predicted to be active in extracellular space. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in ovarian dysgenesis 2 and primary ovarian insufficiency. Orthologous to human BMP15 (bone morphogenetic protein 15). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]