Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable deubiquitinase activity; histone binding activity; and transcription coactivator activity. Acts upstream of or within pigmentation; regulation of cell migration; and regulation of hair follicle development. Predicted to be located in nucleolus and nucleoplasm. Predicted to be part of protein-containing complex. Is expressed in metanephros and primary oocyte. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in diabetic retinopathy. Orthologous to human MYSM1 (Myb like, SWIRM and MPN domains 1).