Predicted to enable alcohol-forming very long-chain fatty acyl-CoA reductase activity. Predicted to be involved in long-chain fatty-acyl-CoA metabolic process. Predicted to be located in peroxisome. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctate type 4. Is an ortholog of human FAR1 (fatty acyl-CoA reductase 1).