Predicted to enable RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding activity and histone binding activity. Predicted to be involved in muscle organ development. Predicted to act upstream of or within cellular response to DNA damage stimulus and hematopoietic stem cell differentiation. Predicted to be located in nucleus. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. Orthologous to human CHD2 (chromodomain helicase DNA binding protein 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]