Enables DNA-binding transcription repressor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific and RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Involved in glial cell differentiation and negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Acts upstream of or within positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Located in nucleus. Orthologous to human POU3F1 (POU class 3 homeobox 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]