Predicted to enable ribonuclease activity. Predicted to be involved in chemotaxis and innate immune response in mucosa. Predicted to be active in extracellular space. Is expressed in submandibular gland primordium. Orthologous to human RNASE2 (ribonuclease A family member 2) and RNASE3 (ribonuclease A family member 3). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]