Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables mRNA 3'-UTR binding activity. Predicted to be involved in regulation of translation and spliceosomal snRNP assembly. Predicted to act upstream of or within RNA splicing; mRNA processing; and translation. Predicted to be located in cytosol and nuclear body. Predicted to be part of SMN complex and SMN-Gemin2 complex. Predicted to be active in nucleus. Is expressed in heart ventricle. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in neurodevelopmental disorder with cerebellar atrophy and motor dysfunction. Orthologous to human GEMIN5 (gem nuclear organelle associated protein 5).