Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables ubiquitin protein ligase activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including negative regulation of defense response to virus; positive regulation of viral genome replication; and protein K48-linked ubiquitination. Predicted to be active in cytosol and nucleoplasm. Orthologous to human TRIM38 (tripartite motif containing 38).