Is predicted to encode a protein with the following domains: von Hippel-Lindau tumour suppressor protein; von Hippel-Lindau disease tumour suppressor, beta domain superfamily; VHL beta domain; von Hippel-Lindau disease tumour suppressor, beta domain; and VHL superfamily. Is an ortholog of C. elegans vhl-1. In C. elegans, vhl-1 is involved in response to hypoxia.