Predicted to enable DNA-directed DNA polymerase activity. Predicted to be involved in cellular response to UV; error-prone translesion synthesis; and nucleotide-excision repair, DNA gap filling. Predicted to act upstream of or within DNA repair. Predicted to be located in nuclear body. Predicted to be active in nucleus. Predicted to colocalize with site of DNA damage. Orthologous to human POLK (DNA polymerase kappa). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]