Predicted to enable DNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in sister chromatid cohesion. Predicted to act upstream of or within meiotic cell cycle. Predicted to be located in chromosome, centromeric region; cytosol; and nuclear lumen. Predicted to be part of nuclear meiotic cohesin complex. Predicted to be active in nucleus. Orthologous to human SMC1B (structural maintenance of chromosomes 1B). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]