Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables piRNA binding activity. Involved in meiotic nuclear division; retrotransposon silencing; and spermatogenesis. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including homologous chromosome pairing at meiosis; male gonad development; and spongiotrophoblast cell proliferation. Located in cytoplasm and nucleus. Is expressed in several structures, including blastocyst; brain; early embryo; gonad; and tooth. Orthologous to human TEX19 (testis expressed 19).