Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables single-stranded DNA binding activity. Contributes to DNA helicase activity. Acts upstream of or within DNA unwinding involved in DNA replication. Part of MCM complex. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; future brain; limb; metanephros; and myocardium layer. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in immunodeficiency 54. Orthologous to human MCM4 (minichromosome maintenance complex component 4).