Acts upstream of or within several processes, including growth plate cartilage chondrocyte development; non-motile cilium assembly; and positive regulation of centrosome duplication. Located in centrosome and cytoplasm. Is expressed in metanephros; ovary; submandibular gland; testis; and thyroid gland. Orthologous to human POC1A (POC1 centriolar protein A). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]