Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables DNA topoisomerase type I (single strand cut, ATP-independent) activity. Acts upstream of or within DNA replication; DNA topological change; and embryonic cleavage. Located in cytoplasm; male germ cell nucleus; and perikaryon. Is expressed in brain; cerebral cortex subventricular zone; cerebral cortex ventricular layer; cortical plate; and telencephalon. Orthologous to human TOP1 (DNA topoisomerase I).