Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable nuclear import signal receptor activity and nuclear localization sequence binding activity. Predicted to be involved in protein import into nucleus. Predicted to act upstream of or within ribosome biogenesis. Predicted to be part of chromatin. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm and nucleus. Is expressed in retina outer nuclear layer. Orthologous to human IPO4 (importin 4).