Predicted to enable kinase binding activity. Acts upstream of or within centriole-centriole cohesion. Located in kinetochore. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; brain; eye; genitourinary system; and heart. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in chronic atrial and intestinal dysrhythmia. Orthologous to human SGO1 (shugoshin 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]