Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 3.2)
Exhibits telomeric DNA binding activity. Predicted to contribute to telomerase activity. Involved in leptotene and meiotic telomere clustering. Localizes to nuclear chromosome, telomeric region and nuclear telomere cap complex. Predicted to colocalize with spindle. Is expressed in early conceptus; inner cell mass; and oocyte. Orthologous to human TERF1 (telomeric repeat binding factor 1).