Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables protein homodimerization activity. Involved in positive regulation of T cell mediated immunity; positive regulation of lymphocyte differentiation; and thymus development. Acts upstream of or within B cell differentiation and T cell differentiation in thymus. Predicted to be located in nuclear body and nuclear membrane. Predicted to be active in nucleoplasm. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; female reproductive system; jaw bone; submandibular gland primordium; and urinary system. Orthologous to human ZBTB1 (zinc finger and BTB domain containing 1).