Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Predicted to enable DNA binding activity and protein heterodimerization activity. Predicted to be a structural constituent of chromatin. Acts upstream of or within protein localization to chromosome, centromeric region. Located in CENP-A containing chromatin; condensed chromosome, centromeric region; and pericentric heterochromatin. Is expressed in 2-cell stage embryo; cerebral cortex ventricular layer; epiblast; germ cell of gonad; and nephrogenic zone. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autoimmune disease. Orthologous to human CENPA (centromere protein A).
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