Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables mRNA binding activity. Involved in several processes, including germ-line stem cell population maintenance; mRNA catabolic process; and negative regulation of meiotic nuclear division. Located in P-body and perinuclear region of cytoplasm. Is expressed in early conceptus; gonad; mesonephros; and telencephalon. Orthologous to human NANOS2 (nanos C2HC-type zinc finger 2).