Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable RNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in alternative mRNA splicing, via spliceosome. Predicted to act upstream of or within RNA splicing and mRNA processing. Located in nucleus. Part of protein-containing complex. Is expressed in brain; cerebral cortex; hippocampus; ovary; and primary sex cord. Orthologous to human RBM17 (RNA binding motif protein 17).