Predicted to be involved in nucleic acid metabolic process. Predicted to act upstream of or within RNA catabolic process and defense response to virus. Predicted to be located in nucleoplasm and transcriptionally active chromatin. Predicted to be part of cytoplasmic exosome (RNase complex) and nuclear exosome (RNase complex). Predicted to be active in nucleolus. Orthologous to human EXOSC5 (exosome component 5). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]