Predicted to enable DNA binding activity; metal ion binding activity; and telomerase RNA reverse transcriptase activity. Involved in telomere maintenance via telomerase. Predicted to be located in chromosome, telomeric region and nucleus. Used to study cancer. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including carcinoma (multiple); hematologic cancer (multiple); and urinary system cancer (multiple). Is an ortholog of human TERT (telomerase reverse transcriptase).
Map position created from combination of previous interpolated map position (based on known location of sequence) and allele information. Therefore this is not a genetic map position based on recombination frequencies or genetic experiments. This was done on advice of the CGC.