Enables chromatin binding activity and histone deacetylase binding activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including negative regulation of G0 to G1 transition; negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II; and regulation of histone deacetylation. Located in nucleus. Orthologous to human ZNHIT1 (zinc finger HIT-type containing 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]