Predicted to enable DNA-binding transcription repressor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific and RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in epidermal cell differentiation and regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Predicted to act upstream of or within several processes, including negative regulation of stem cell proliferation; negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II; and regulation of meiotic cell cycle. Predicted to be active in nucleus. Orthologous to human OVOL1 (ovo like transcriptional repressor 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]