Predicted to enable nucleosome binding activity and pentosyltransferase activity. Involved in negative regulation of neuron death and positive regulation of cell growth involved in cardiac muscle cell development. Predicted to be located in nucleoplasm and site of DNA damage. Predicted to be active in nucleolus. Orthologous to human PARP2 (poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]