gld-4 encodes a noncanonical poly(A) polymerase orthologous to Saccharomyces cerevisiae Trf4/5p; GLD-4 activity is required for early meiotic progression of male and female gametes in the absence of GLD-2 and for regulation of gld-1 mRNA levels; GLD-4 physically interacts with GLS-1 which stimulates GLD-4 poly(A) polymerase activity in vivo; GLD-4 is expressed predominantly in germ cells and localizes to the cytoplasm and to P granules.
Enables poly(A) RNA polymerase activity. Involved in mRNA polyadenylation. Located in P granule. Part of polysome. Expressed in Z2; Z3; and germ line. Is an ortholog of human TENT4A (terminal nucleotidyltransferase 4A) and TENT4B (terminal nucleotidyltransferase 4B).
Map position created from combination of previous interpolated map position (based on known location of sequence) and allele information. Therefore this is not a genetic map position based on recombination frequencies or genetic experiments. This was done on advice of the CGC.