Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable metal ion binding activity. Predicted to be involved in tRNA splicing, via endonucleolytic cleavage and ligation. Predicted to act upstream of or within tRNA processing. Predicted to be part of tRNA-splicing ligase complex. Is expressed in brain and embryo. Orthologous to human ZBTB8OS (zinc finger and BTB domain containing 8 opposite strand).