Predicted to enable nucleic acid binding activity. Predicted to be involved in nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process, nonsense-mediated decay. Is an ortholog of C. elegans
smg-4. In C. elegans,
smg-4 is involved in male genitalia development; nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process, nonsense-mediated decay; and obsolete hermaphrodite genitalia development.