Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables histone H3R17 methyltransferase activity. Involved in epigenetic programming in the zygotic pronuclei. Acts upstream of with a positive effect on epigenetic programing of male pronucleus. Located in cytoplasm and female pronucleus. Is active in male pronucleus. Is expressed in embryo. Used to study glaucoma. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal recessive intellectual developmental disorder 44. Orthologous to human METTL23 (methyltransferase 23, arginine).
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