Predicted to enable RNA helicase activity. Predicted to be involved in nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process, 3'-5' exonucleolytic nonsense-mediated decay. Predicted to be part of Ski complex. Is expressed in embryo. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in trichohepatoenteric syndrome 2. Orthologous to human SKIV2L (Ski2 like RNA helicase). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]