Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables RNA polymerase binding activity. Involved in MAPK cascade and cellular response to lipopolysaccharide. Located in nucleus. Part of ribonucleoprotein complex. Is expressed in central nervous system; sensory organ; and thymus. Used to study oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy. Orthologous to human PABPN1 (poly(A) binding protein nuclear 1).