Predicted to enable chromatin binding activity. Acts upstream of or within cellular response to DNA damage stimulus. Predicted to be located in nucleolus and nucleoplasm. Predicted to be part of Rad17 RFC-like complex. Predicted to colocalize with chromosome, telomeric region. Is expressed in embryo. Orthologous to human RAD17 (RAD17 checkpoint clamp loader component). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]