Predicted to enable metal ion binding activity. Predicted to be involved in attachment of spindle microtubules to kinetochore and protein localization to organelle. Predicted to be located in Flemming body; kinetochore; and nuclear body. Predicted to be active in nucleoplasm and spindle. Is expressed in genitourinary system and liver. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal dominant non-syndromic intellectual disability 40. Orthologous to human CHAMP1 (chromosome alignment maintaining phosphoprotein 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]