The function of SCYL1 (SCY1 like pseudokinase 1, Ensembl gene identifier ENSG00000142186) is as follows. Regulates COPI-mediated retrograde protein traffic at the interface between the Golgi apparatus and the endoplasmic reticulum (PubMed:18556652). Involved in the maintenance of the Golgi apparatus morphology (PubMed:26581903). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:18556652, ECO:0000269|PubMed:26581903}. [Isoform 6]: Acts as a transcriptional activator. It binds to three different types of GC-rich DNA binding sites (box-A, -B and -C) in the beta-polymerase promoter region. It also binds to the TERT promoter region. .