Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable U2 snRNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in mRNA splicing, via spliceosome and spermatogenesis. Predicted to act upstream of or within RNA splicing and mRNA processing. Predicted to be located in nuclear speck. Predicted to be part of U2 snRNP; U2-type catalytic step 2 spliceosome; and U2-type precatalytic spliceosome. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; hemolymphoid system; liver; metanephros; and sensory organ. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in connective tissue disease. Orthologous to human SNRPA1 (small nuclear ribonucleoprotein polypeptide A').