Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to be a structural constituent of nuclear pore. Predicted to be involved in nucleocytoplasmic transport. Predicted to act upstream of or within mRNA transport and protein transport. Predicted to be located in nuclear envelope and nucleoplasm. Predicted to be part of nuclear pore. Is expressed in central nervous system; early conceptus; gonad; and sensory organ. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in fetal akinesia deformation sequence syndrome 4. Orthologous to human NUP88 (nucleoporin 88).