Probable component of the anaphase promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C), a cell cycle-regulated E3 ubiquitin ligase that controls progression through mitosis and the G1 phase of the cell cycle. The APC/C complex acts by mediating ubiquitination and subsequent degradation of target proteins. Required for the metaphase to anaphase transition in meiosis. Protein modification; protein ubiquitination. The APC/C complex is probably composed of at least 12 subunits: apc-2, apc-10, apc-11, cdc-26, emb-1, emb-27, emb-30, mat-1, mat-2, mat-3, such-1 and gfi-3. Expressed in gut cells and mature sperm stored in the spermatheca. Expressed in the developing germ line and throughout embryogenesis and the L1-L4 larval stages. RNAi-mediated knockdown results in both viable and inviable embryos, but eventually animals display germline maintenance defects and become sterile (PubMed:11861581). Double RNAi-mediated knockdown and/or mutagenesis with such-1 results in increased embryonic lethality and the production of one-cell arrested embryos (PubMed:20944012).