Is predicted to encode a protein with the following domains: DEAD-box helicase, OB fold; Helicase associated domain (HA2); Oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide-binding (OB)-fold; Helicase superfamily 1/2, ATP-binding domain; Helicase-associated domain; Double-stranded RNA-binding domain; Double-stranded RNA binding motif; Helicase, C-terminal; P-loop containing nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase; and Helicase conserved C-terminal domain. Is an ortholog of C. elegans
rha-1. In C. elegans,
rha-1 is involved in germ cell development and negative regulation of gene expression, epigenetic.