Predicted to enable nucleic acid binding activity; nucleotidyltransferase activity; and zinc ion binding activity. Is an ortholog of C. elegans
mut-2 and
usip-1 and members of the C. elegans pup gene class including
pup-2. In C. elegans,
mut-2 is involved in several processes, including embryo development; meiotic chromosome segregation; and regulatory ncRNA-mediated post-transcriptional gene silencing.