Substrate recognition component of a SCF (SKP1-CUL1-F-box protein) E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase complex (PubMed:25778398). During mitosis, it mediates the ubiquitination and subsequent proteasomal degradation of AURKA, causing mitotic arrest (By similarity). It also regulates mitochondrial function by mediating the ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of the apoptosis inhibitor BIRC5 (PubMed:25778398, PubMed:28218735). Protein modification; protein ubiquitination. Part of the SCF (SKP1-CUL1-F-box) E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase complex SCF(FBXL7) composed of CUL1, SKP1, RBX1 and FBXL7 (By similarity). Interacts with AURKA; interaction takes place during mitosis but not in interphase (By similarity). Interacts with BIRC5; this interaction allows BIRC5 to be polyubiquitinated by the SCF(FBXL7) E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase complex (PubMed:28218735). Localizes to the centrosome during spindle formation. Belongs to the FBXL7 family. Extended N-terminus.