Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable several functions, including ATP hydrolysis activity; ATP-dependent chromatin remodeler activity; and methylated histone binding activity. Acts upstream of or within chromatin remodeling. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Predicted to be part of chromatin. Predicted to be active in nuclear chromosome. Is expressed in early conceptus and primary oocyte. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in castration-resistant prostate carcinoma and prostate cancer. Orthologous to human CHD1 (chromodomain helicase DNA binding protein 1).