Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables unmethylated CpG binding activity. Involved in transcription initiation-coupled chromatin remodeling. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including epithelial tube morphogenesis; neuroepithelial cell differentiation; and regulation of gene expression. Part of chromatin. Is expressed in embryo; forebrain; and limb. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in lung non-small cell carcinoma. Orthologous to human KDM2A (lysine demethylase 2A).