Predicted to enable methylated histone binding activity. Predicted to be involved in positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated. Predicted to act upstream of or within protein import into nucleus and regulation of cell death. Predicted to be active in nucleus. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. Orthologous to human ING1 (inhibitor of growth family member 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]