Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables double-stranded telomeric DNA binding activity and protein homodimerization activity. Involved in anterograde axonal transport; negative regulation of telomere maintenance via recombination; and telomeric loop formation. Acts upstream of or within in utero embryonic development; positive regulation of telomere maintenance; and protection from non-homologous end joining at telomere. Located in chromosome, telomeric region and male germ cell nucleus. Part of telomere cap complex. Is expressed in brain; future brain; genitourinary system; heart; and liver. Orthologous to human TERF2 (telomeric repeat binding factor 2).