Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables transcription corepressor activity. Involved in several processes, including negative regulation of female gonad development; positive regulation of cardiac muscle cell proliferation; and positive regulation of male gonad development. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including circulatory system development; in utero embryonic development; and regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Located in cytoplasm and male germ cell nucleus. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; embryo mesenchyme; genitourinary system; gut; and heart and pericardium. Used to study congenital diaphragmatic hernia; tetralogy of Fallot; and tricuspid atresia. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in 46,XY sex reversal 9; congenital diaphragmatic hernia; myelodysplastic syndrome; and tetralogy of Fallot. Orthologous to human ZFPM2 (zinc finger protein, FOG family member 2).