Probable transcriptional regulator (By similarity). May regulates developmental traits such as flowering time. Expressed in shoot meristems, roots (vasculature and tips), hypocotyls (vasculature), cotyledons (vasculature and hydathodes), young leaves, buds, flowers and stems. Detected in stomata. Before pollination, expressed in stamens and carpels. After pollination, observed in the veins of petals, sepals, and filaments. Present in seeds at the embryo globular stage, both in the embryo and the endosperm. Later, at the embryo heart stage, not detected in the embryo, but strongly expressed in the maternal chalazal tissue and present in the endosperm. The methyl-CpG-binding domain (MBD) functions both in binding to methylated DNA and in protein interactions. In strain cv. C24, delayed flowering time during both long and short days associated with a down-regulation of the major promoters of flowering FT and SOC1. In strain cv. Columbia, no delayed phenotype. In strain cv. 24, promotes the flowering time transition, probably via the transcription regulation of FT.