Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable zinc ion binding activity. Involved in negative regulation of gene expression and spermatogenesis. Acts upstream of or within behavioral fear response; regulation of gene expression; and retrotransposon silencing by heterochromatin formation. Is active in male germ cell nucleus. Is expressed in esophagus; head mesenchyme; musculoskeletal system; sensory organ; and testis. Used to study melancholic depression. Orthologous to human MORC1 (MORC family CW-type zinc finger 1).