Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables histone binding activity. Involved in negative regulation of single stranded viral RNA replication via double stranded DNA intermediate and positive regulation of DNA methylation-dependent heterochromatin formation. Predicted to be located in cytosol; nuclear matrix; and nucleoplasm. Predicted to be part of heterochromatin. Predicted to be active in nucleus. Is expressed in gonad; heart; nervous system; and skeletal muscle. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease axonal type 2Z. Orthologous to human MORC2 (MORC family CW-type zinc finger 2).