Predicted to enable DNA binding activity and protein heterodimerization activity. Predicted to be involved in chromosome segregation; kinetochore assembly; and mitotic cell cycle. Predicted to act upstream of or within cell division. Predicted to be located in kinetochore and nuclear body. Is expressed in several structures, including adrenal gland; genitourinary system; liver; retina; and spleen. Orthologous to human CENPT (centromere protein T). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]