Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Involved in male meiotic nuclear division; retrotransposon silencing; and spermatogenesis. Located in pi-body. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; genitourinary system; and limb mesenchyme. Orthologous to human ASZ1 (ankyrin repeat, SAM and basic leucine zipper domain containing 1).