Probable transcription regulator. Maybe involved in the in 45S precursor rRNA production (By similarity). ATP + H2O = ADP + H(+) + phosphate Expressed in the neural epithelium, otic placodes, optic placodes, branchial arches, and the olfactory placodes,. Expression is pan-neuronal at stages 8-20. Expressed throughout the rostral neural ectoderm and along the rostrocaudal axis but is absent from the more lateral, non-neuronal ectoderm. Adjacent to the neural tube, detected at the optic and otic placodes. At stage 20, expression is observed in the branchial arches and olfactory placodes in addition to brain and optic and otic placodes. Belongs to the SNF2/RAD54 helicase family.