Predicted to enable metal ion binding activity. Predicted to be involved in circadian regulation of gene expression and positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated. Predicted to act upstream of or within regulation of growth; regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II; and skeletal system development. Predicted to be located in nucleoplasm. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Smith-Magenis syndrome. Orthologous to human RAI1 (retinoic acid induced 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]