Predicted to enable phosphatidylinositol binding activity and ubiquitin binding activity. Is an ortholog of C. elegans apt-9. In C. elegans, apt-9 is involved in protein secretion.
Is predicted to encode a protein with the following domains: Vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 8, central domain and Golgi CORVET complex core vacuolar protein 8. Is an ortholog of C. elegans vps-8.