Required for correct functioning of the GINS complex, a complex that plays an essential role in the initiation of DNA replication, and progression of DNA replication forks (PubMed:17417653, PubMed:28414293). GINS complex is a core component of CDC45-MCM-GINS (CMG) helicase, the molecular machine that unwinds template DNA during replication, and around which the replisome is built (PubMed:32453425, PubMed:34694004, PubMed:34700328, PubMed:35585232). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17417653, ECO:0000269|PubMed:28414293, ECO:0000269|PubMed:32453425, ECO:0000269|PubMed:34694004, ECO:0000269|PubMed:34700328, ECO:0000269|PubMed:35585232}. This is the function of GINS1 (GINS complex subunit 1, ENSG00000101003).