Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables chromatin binding activity. Acts upstream of or within stem cell population maintenance. Part of chromatin. Is expressed in several structures, including genitourinary system; integumental system; limb; liver; and nervous system. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Mullegama-Klein-Martinez syndrome and holoprosencephaly. Orthologous to human STAG2 (STAG2 cohesin complex component).