Predicted to enable scaffold protein binding activity and scavenger receptor activity. Predicted to act upstream of or within acute-phase response. Predicted to be located in plasma membrane. Predicted to be active in external side of plasma membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including gut; immune system; male reproductive gland or organ; olfactory lobe; and quadriceps femoris muscle. Orthologous to human CD163 (CD163 molecule). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]