Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable DNA secondary structure binding activity and single-stranded DNA binding activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including chromosome condensation; mitotic cell cycle phase transition; and protein localization to chromosome, centromeric region. Located in PML body; chromosome; and cytoplasm. Part of Smc5-Smc6 complex. Is expressed in ovary; secondary spermatocyte; and testis. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in mosaic variegated aneuploidy syndrome. Orthologous to human SMC5 (structural maintenance of chromosomes 5).