Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 5.2.2)
Enables DNA-directed DNA polymerase activity. Acts upstream of or within cellular response to UV-C and translesion synthesis. Predicted to be located in cytoplasmic ribonucleoprotein granule and nuclear speck. Is expressed in brain; metanephros; primary spermatocyte; spermatid; and testis. Orthologous to human POLI (DNA polymerase iota).