Predicted to act upstream of or within cell division. Predicted to be located in Golgi apparatus and nucleoplasm. Predicted to be active in centrosome; midbody; and nucleus. Is expressed in intestine and male reproductive gland or organ. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in nonphotosensitive trichothiodystrophy 4. Orthologous to human MPLKIP (M-phase specific PLK1 interacting protein). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]