Regulates, cooperatively with NONO and SFPQ, androgen receptor-mediated gene transcription activity in Sertoli cell line (By similarity). Binds to poly(A), poly(G) and poly(U) RNA homopolymers. Regulates the circadian clock by repressing the transcriptional activator activity of the CLOCK-BMAL1 heterodimer (By similarity). Together with NONO, required for the formation of nuclear paraspeckles. Plays a role in the regulation of DNA virus-mediated innate immune response by assembling into the HDP-RNP complex, a complex that serves as a platform for IRF3 phosphorylation and subsequent innate immune response activation through the cGAS-STING pathway.
Subcellular locations: Nucleus, Nucleolus, Nucleus matrix, Cytoplasm, Nucleus speckle
In punctate subnuclear structures often located adjacent to splicing speckles, called paraspeckles. Colocalizes with NONO and SFPQ in paraspeckles and perinucleolar caps in an RNA-dependent manner. May cycle between paraspeckles and nucleolus. In telophase, when daughter nuclei form, localizes to perinucleolar caps.
Expressed in pancreas, kidney, skeletal muscle, liver, lung, placenta, brain and heart.