Predicted to enable RNA binding activity and protein heterodimerization activity. Predicted to be involved in mRNA splicing, via spliceosome and maturation of SSU-rRNA. Predicted to act upstream of or within mRNA catabolic process. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm and nucleus. Predicted to be part of several cellular components, including Lsm2-8 complex; U2-type precatalytic spliceosome; and spliceosomal snRNP complex. Predicted to be active in P-body and nucleolus. Is expressed in brain and pancreas epithelium. Orthologous to human LSM6 (LSM6 homolog, U6 small nuclear RNA and mRNA degradation associated). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]