Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable microtubule binding activity; rRNA binding activity; and ribosome binding activity. Acts upstream of or within inner cell mass cell proliferation. Predicted to be located in cytosol; nuclear lumen; and spindle pole. Is expressed in several structures, including gonad; gut; immune system; liver; and lung. Used to study Shwachman-Diamond syndrome. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Shwachman-Diamond syndrome and aplastic anemia. Orthologous to human SBDS (SBDS ribosome maturation factor).