Predicted to be involved in spliceosomal snRNP assembly. Predicted to act upstream of or within RNA splicing and mRNA processing. Predicted to be located in cytosol and nucleus. Predicted to be part of SMN complex. Is expressed in submandibular gland primordium. Orthologous to human GEMIN8 (gem nuclear organelle associated protein 8). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]