Predicted to enable nucleic acid binding activity. Predicted to be involved in rRNA processing and ribosomal small subunit assembly. Predicted to act upstream of or within blastocyst formation. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Predicted to be part of CURI complex and UTP-C complex. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in primary autosomal recessive microcephaly. Orthologous to human RRP7A (ribosomal RNA processing 7 homolog A). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]