Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to be involved in mRNA splicing, via spliceosome. Predicted to be located in nuclear speck. Predicted to be part of U2 snRNP and spliceosomal complex. Is expressed in early conceptus; inner cell mass; and oocyte. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Goldenhar syndrome. Orthologous to human SF3B2 (splicing factor 3b subunit 2).