Predicted to enable thiol-dependent deubiquitinase. Involved in photoreceptor cell maintenance. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm; nucleus; and photoreceptor inner segment. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Leber congenital amaurosis. Orthologous to human USP45 (ubiquitin specific peptidase 45). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]