Predicted to enable microtubule binding activity. Predicted to be involved in brain development; mitotic spindle organization; and neuroblast proliferation. Predicted to act upstream of or within hematopoietic progenitor cell differentiation. Predicted to be located in cytosol. Predicted to colocalize with mitotic spindle midzone and mitotic spindle pole. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in subcortical band heterotopia. Orthologous to human EML1 (EMAP like 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]