Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables DNA helicase activity and DNA polymerase binding activity. Involved in DNA duplex unwinding; DNA metabolic process; and regulation of DNA metabolic process. Acts upstream of or within telomere maintenance. Located in chromosome, telomeric region and nucleus. Is expressed in crypt of lieberkuhn; germ cell of testis; seminiferous tubule; and trophectoderm. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including autosomal recessive dyskeratosis congenita 5; female breast cancer; gastric adenocarcinoma; high grade glioma (multiple); and lung disease (multiple). Orthologous to human RTEL1 (regulator of telomere elongation helicase 1).
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