Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables DNA binding activity. A structural constituent of chromatin. Acts upstream of or within chromatin organization and negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Part of euchromatin. Is expressed in cerebral cortex ventricular layer; early conceptus; embryo; midbrain ventricular layer; and telencephalon ventricular layer. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Orthologous to human H1-2 (H1.2 linker histone, cluster member).