Predicted to enable histone methyltransferase binding activity. Predicted to be involved in negative regulation of single stranded viral RNA replication via double stranded DNA intermediate and positive regulation of DNA methylation-dependent heterochromatin assembly. Predicted to act upstream of or within response to bacterium. Predicted to be part of gamma-tubulin complex. Predicted to be active in nucleus. Orthologous to human RESF1 (retroelement silencing factor 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]