Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable ion binding activity; poly(A) RNA polymerase activity; and protein homodimerization activity. Predicted to be involved in histone mRNA catabolic process; mRNA polyadenylation; and mitochondrial RNA 3'-end processing. Predicted to act upstream of or within mRNA processing. Located in mitochondrion. Is expressed in several structures, including early conceptus; liver lobe; and oocyte. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in spastic ataxia 4. Orthologous to human MTPAP (mitochondrial poly(A) polymerase).