Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables ATP hydrolysis activity and protein homodimerization activity. Acts upstream of or within inactivation of paternal X chromosome by genomic imprinting. Located in Barr body. Is expressed in several structures, including blastocyst and genitourinary system. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy 2. Orthologous to human SMCHD1 (structural maintenance of chromosomes flexible hinge domain containing 1).