Plays a role in chromatin remodeling and regulation of transcription (, ). Acts as a chromatin reader that recognizes and binds acylated histones: binds histones that are acetylated and/or butyrylated . Component of SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling subcomplex GBAF that carries out key enzymatic activities, changing chromatin structure by altering DNA-histone contacts within a nucleosome in an ATP-dependent manner . Orchestrates also the RAD51-RAD54 complex formation and thereby plays a role in homologous recombination (HR) .
Subcellular locations: Nucleus