Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable mRNA binding activity. Involved in lens fiber cell differentiation; lens morphogenesis in camera-type eye; and spermatogenesis. Acts upstream of or within germ cell development. Located in P granule and chromatoid body. Part of ribonucleoprotein complex. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; germ cell of testis; and sensory organ. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in cataract 36. Orthologous to human TDRD7 (tudor domain containing 7).