Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable double-stranded DNA binding activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including homologous chromosome pairing at meiosis; ovarian follicle development; and spermatogenesis. Located in recombination nodule and synaptonemal complex. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; gonad; heart; and thymus. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in primary ovarian insufficiency and spermatogenic failure 2. Orthologous to human MSH4 (mutS homolog 4).