Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables chromatin binding activity; enzyme activator activity; and methylated histone binding activity. Involved in facultative heterochromatin formation. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including cellular response to leukemia inhibitory factor; regulation of adaxial/abaxial pattern formation; and regulation of gene expression. Located in pronucleus and sex chromatin. Part of ESC/E(Z) complex and chromatin silencing complex. Is expressed in several structures, including branchial arch; central nervous system; early embryo; embryo mesenchyme; and genitourinary system. Orthologous to human EED (embryonic ectoderm development).
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