Predicted to enable chromatin binding activity and single-stranded DNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in mitotic chromosome condensation. Predicted to act upstream of or within kinetochore organization; meiotic chromosome condensation; and meiotic chromosome segregation. Predicted to be located in chromosome, centromeric region; cytosol; and nuclear speck. Predicted to be part of condensin complex. Orthologous to human SMC4 (structural maintenance of chromosomes 4). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]