In maturing oocytes ZFP36L2 binds AU-rich elements in specific maternal mRNAs and also CNOT6L, a catalytic component of the CCR4-NOT RNA deadenylase complex (inferred from mouse homologs). Knockout of CNOT6L prevents degradation of maternal transcripts related to translation in maturing oocytes (inferred from mouse oocytes). Depletion or knockout of ZFP36L2 causes defects in oocyte maturation (inferred from mouse oocytes) and prevents degradation of maternal mRNAs related to histone demethylation and regulation of transcription (inferred from mouse homologs), therefore ZFP36L2 is believed to regulate degradation of specific mRNAs in oocytes.