Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.1.0)
Enables chromatin binding activity and histone H3K9me2/3 reader activity. Acts upstream of or within negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Located in euchromatin; heterochromatin; and nucleus. Part of PcG protein complex. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; epithelium; eye; genitourinary system; and hemolymphoid system. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in 46,XY sex reversal 5. Orthologous to human CBX2 (chromobox 2).
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