Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable mRNA 3'-UTR binding activity; mRNA 5'-UTR binding activity; and small ribosomal subunit rRNA binding activity. Acts upstream of or within endonucleolytic cleavage in 5'-ETS of tricistronic rRNA transcript (SSU-rRNA, 5.8S rRNA, LSU-rRNA). Predicted to be located in nucleus. Predicted to be part of small-subunit processome. Predicted to be active in nucleolus. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in colorectal adenocarcinoma. Orthologous to human UTP23 (UTP23 small subunit processome component).