Predicted to enable histone binding activity. Acts upstream of or within somatic stem cell population maintenance. Predicted to be located in nuclear speck. Predicted to be part of protein-containing complex. Predicted to be active in nucleus. Is expressed in several structures, including branchial arch; central nervous system; genitourinary system; limb; and sensory organ. Orthologous to human VPS72 (vacuolar protein sorting 72 homolog). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]