Enables RNA endonuclease activity; identical protein binding activity; and protein self-association. Involved in P granule organization and germ-line stem cell division. Located in P granule. Expressed in germ line.
Is affected by Cbr-spr-4 based on RNA-seq studies. Is an ortholog of C. elegans pgl-1. In C. elegans, pgl-1 is involved in P granule organization and germ-line stem cell division.