Predicted to be involved in meiotic cell cycle; proteasomal protein catabolic process; and regulation of meiosis I. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Predicted to be part of proteasome core complex, alpha-subunit complex and spermatoproteasome complex. Predicted to be active in nucleus. Orthologous to human PSMA8 (proteasome 20S subunit alpha 8). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]