Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables chromatin binding activity. Involved in positive regulation of cold-induced thermogenesis. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including brown fat cell differentiation; positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II; and response to cold. Predicted to be located in nucleus. Is expressed in several structures, including extraembryonic component; gut; hemolymphoid system; liver lobe; and prostate gland lobe. Orthologous to human PLAC8 (placenta associated 8).