Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables methylated histone binding activity. Involved in epigenetic programing of female pronucleus. Acts upstream of or within embryonic cleavage. Located in cytoplasm; female pronucleus; and male pronucleus. Part of chromatin. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; early conceptus; gonad; hindgut diverticulum; and primordial germ cell. Orthologous to human DPPA3 (developmental pluripotency associated 3).