This gene encodes a protein which is a member of the stathmin protein family. Members of this protein family form a complex with tubulins at a ratio of 2 tubulins for each stathmin protein. Microtubules require the ordered assembly of alpha- and beta-tubulins, and formation of a complex with stathmin disrupts microtubule formation and function. A pseudogene of this gene is located on chromosome 22. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.