Is predicted to encode a protein with the following domains: Helicase associated domain (HA2); Oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide-binding (OB)-fold; Helicase superfamily 1/2, ATP-binding domain; Helicase-associated domain; Domain of unknown function DUF1605; and P-loop containing nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase. Is an ortholog of C. elegans
smgl-2. In C. elegans,
smgl-2 is involved in nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process.