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