Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.2.0)
Enables chromatin binding activity and nucleic acid binding activity. Involved in facultative heterochromatin formation. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including negative regulation of macromolecule biosynthetic process; oligodendrocyte differentiation; and positive regulation of cell population proliferation. Located in nucleus. Part of nucleus; ribonucleoprotein complex; and sex chromatin. Is expressed in several structures, including bone; branchial arch; central nervous system; limb bud; and sensory organ. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in renal Wilms' tumor. Orthologous to human SUZ12 (SUZ12 polycomb repressive complex 2 subunit).
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