Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables mRNA 3'-UTR AU-rich region binding activity. Involved in DNA demethylation; cytidine to uridine editing; and negative regulation of DNA methylation-dependent heterochromatin formation. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including lipoprotein transport; mRNA stabilization; and negative regulation of triglyceride metabolic process. Predicted to be part of apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme complex. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm and nucleus. Is expressed in early conceptus; genitourinary system; and liver. Orthologous to human APOBEC1 (apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme catalytic subunit 1).