Poly(A)-binding protein involved in oocyte maturation and early embryo development (PubMed:37723834, PubMed:37052235). It is required for cytosolic mRNA polyadenylation and translational activation of maternally stored mRNA in oocytes (By similarity). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:A2A5N3, ECO:0000269|PubMed:37052235, ECO:0000269|PubMed:37723834}. This is the function of PABPC1L (poly(A) binding protein cytoplasmic 1 like, ENSG00000101104).