Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable poly(A)-specific ribonuclease activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including cellular response to interferon-alpha; innate immune response; and mRNA catabolic process. Predicted to act upstream of or within mRNA processing. Located in mitochondrion. Is expressed in brain; foregut; genitourinary system; and skin. Orthologous to human PDE12 (phosphodiesterase 12).