Predicted to enable several functions, including RNA binding activity; heme binding activity; and protein homodimerization activity. Predicted to be involved in primary miRNA processing. Predicted to act upstream of or within regulation of stem cell proliferation. Predicted to be located in cytosol; nuclear body; and postsynaptic density. Predicted to be part of microprocessor complex. Orthologous to human DGCR8 (DGCR8 microprocessor complex subunit). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]