Predicted to enable protein C-terminus binding activity. Involved in several processes, including DNA metabolic process; animal organ regeneration; and cellular response to heat. Located in nucleus. Used to study high grade glioma; leiomyoma; and prostate carcinoma. Biomarker of colon cancer; kidney disease; mucositis; type 2 diabetes mellitus; and urinary bladder cancer. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Crohn's disease; breast cancer; human immunodeficiency virus infectious disease; and pancreatic cancer. Orthologous to human MKI67 (marker of proliferation Ki-67). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]