Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables histone pre-mRNA DCP binding activity. Predicted to be involved in spliceosomal snRNP assembly. Predicted to act upstream of or within RNA splicing and mRNA processing. Located in cytoplasm and nucleus. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in systemic lupus erythematosus. Orthologous to human SNRPD3 (small nuclear ribonucleoprotein D3 polypeptide).