Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to be involved in spliceosomal snRNP assembly. Predicted to act upstream of or within RNA splicing and mRNA processing. Predicted to be located in cytosol and nucleus. Predicted to be part of SMN complex. Is expressed in submandibular gland primordium. Orthologous to human GEMIN8 (gem nuclear organelle associated protein 8).