Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable kinase binding activity. Acts upstream of or within centriole-centriole cohesion. Located in kinetochore. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; brain; eye; genitourinary system; and heart. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in chronic atrial and intestinal dysrhythmia. Orthologous to human SGO1 (shugoshin 1).