Acts upstream of or within several processes, including animal organ development; neuroblast migration; and roof of mouth development. Predicted to be located in nucleoplasm and plasma membrane. Predicted to be active in chromatin and nucleus. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; brain; genitourinary system; integumental system; and sensory organ. Used to study Cornelia de Lange syndrome. Orthologous to human PDS5A (PDS5 cohesin associated factor A). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]