Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.5.0)
Enables DNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in DNA methylation-dependent constitutive heterochromatin formation; negative regulation of astrocyte differentiation; and negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Located in cytoplasm; heterochromatin; and nuclear lumen. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; early conceptus; genitourinary system; and retina. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in lung cancer. Orthologous to human MBD1 (methyl-CpG binding domain protein 1).
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