Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables DNA binding activity. Involved in DNA replication checkpoint signaling and regulation of DNA-templated DNA replication initiation. Acts upstream of or within regulation of nuclear cell cycle DNA replication. Located in nucleus. Is expressed in adrenal medulla; brain ventricular layer; dorsal root ganglion; liver; and trunk mesenchyme derived from neural crest. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Meier-Gorlin syndrome 4. Orthologous to human CDT1 (chromatin licensing and DNA replication factor 1).