Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables histone binding activity and histone chaperone activity. Involved in G1/S transition of mitotic cell cycle and blastocyst development. Acts upstream of or within DNA replication-dependent chromatin assembly. Located in cytoplasm and nucleus. Is expressed in several structures, including brain ventricular layer; extraembryonic component; lung; metanephros; and rest of cerebellum marginal layer. Orthologous to human NASP (nuclear autoantigenic sperm protein).