Predicted to enable ATP binding activity and ATP hydrolysis activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including chromosome condensation; internal peptidyl-lysine acetylation; and protein localization to chromosome, centromeric region. Located in PML body; chromosome; and cytoplasm. Part of Smc5-Smc6 complex. Is expressed in ovary; secondary spermatocyte; and testis. Orthologous to human SMC5 (structural maintenance of chromosomes 5). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]