Enables chromatin binding activity. Acts upstream of or within cell population proliferation. Predicted to be located in nuclear speck. Predicted to be part of NuA4 histone acetyltransferase complex and Sin3 complex. Is expressed in several structures, including genitourinary system; limb; liver; retina; and spleen. Orthologous to human MORF4L1 (mortality factor 4 like 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]