Predicted to enable chromatin binding activity and single-stranded DNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in mitotic chromosome condensation. Predicted to act upstream of or within kinetochore organization; meiotic chromosome condensation; and meiotic chromosome segregation. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm and nuclear lumen. Predicted to be part of condensin complex. Predicted to be active in chromatin and condensed chromosome. Orthologous to human SMC2 (structural maintenance of chromosomes 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]