Nucleic acid-binding protein which is essential for retrotransposition of LINE-1 elements in the genome. Functions as a nucleic acid chaperone binding its own transcript and therefore preferentially mobilizing the transcript from which they are encoded.
Subcellular locations: Nucleus, Nucleolus, Cytoplasm, Cytoplasm, Cytoplasmic ribonucleoprotein granule, Cytoplasm, Stress granule
Colocalizes with its encoding RNA in cytoplasmic ribonucleoprotein particle . Mainly cytoplasmic, rarely detected in the nucleus, possibly within the nucleolus .