Predicted to enable double-stranded DNA binding activity and nucleosomal DNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in chromosome condensation; negative regulation of DNA recombination; and nucleosome positioning. Predicted to be located in nucleolus and nucleoplasm. Predicted to be part of nucleosome. Predicted to be active in nucleus. Orthologous to human H1-10 (H1.10 linker histone). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]