Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables chromatin-protein adaptor activity; lysine-acetylated histone binding activity; and nucleic acid binding activity. Involved in negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase I and rDNA heterochromatin formation. Acts upstream of or within heterochromatin formation. Located in nucleolus. Part of NoRC complex; chromatin silencing complex; and rDNA heterochromatin. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; early conceptus; eye; genitourinary system; and paraxial mesenchyme. Orthologous to human BAZ2A (bromodomain adjacent to zinc finger domain 2A).