Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable dynein complex binding activity. Acts upstream of or within circulatory system development; female germ-line stem cell asymmetric division; and kidney development. Located in meiotic spindle pole; mitotic spindle pole; and perinuclear region of cytoplasm. Is expressed in cerebral cortex ventricular layer; midbrain ventricular layer; and telencephalon ventricular layer. Used to study nephronophthisis. Orthologous to human CNTRL (centriolin).