Required for G1/S transition. Recruits and stabilizes the origin recognition complex (ORC) onto chromatin during G1 to establish pre-replication complex (preRC) and to heterochromatic sites in post-replicated cells. Binds a combination of DNA and histone methylation repressive marks on heterochromatin. Binds histone H3 and H4 trimethylation marks H3K9me3, H3K27me3 and H4K20me3 in a cooperative manner with DNA methylation. Required for silencing of major satellite repeats. May be important ORC2, ORC3 and ORC4 stability. Integral component of the ORC complex. Directly interacts with CDT1, GMNN and ORC2. Interacts with ORC2 only when non-ubiquitinated; this interaction prevents LRWD1 ubiquitination and degradation. Some of these interactions are regulated in a cell-cycle dependent manner. Interaction with ORC1 occurs predominantly during G1. Association with phosphorylated ORC1 during mitosis is not efficient. Interaction with CDT1 occurs during G1 phase, as well as during mitosis with phosphorylated CDT1. Interaction with GMNN occurs from G1/S to mitosis. Interaction with ORC2 is observed throughout the cell cycle. The stoichiometry of the ORCA/ORC/CDT1/GMNN complex is 1:1:1:2. Interacts with CUL4A and DDB1; this interaction may lead to ubiquitination. Localizes to heterochromatin during G1 phase. Restricted to centromeres or telomeres as cells progress though S phase. When cells enter mitosis, relocalizes to centromeres. Recruitment to pericentric heterochromatin largely depends on the presence of H3K9me3. Testis-specific. Drastically down-regulated in testis from patients with Sertoli cell-only syndrome (SCOS). Regulated in a cell-cycle dependent manner. Highest expression in G1 phase. Expression decreases during S phase, rises again during G2 and drops during mitosis (at protein level). In contrast to protein levels, transcript levels do not show any significant variation during different stages of the cell cycle (PubMed:22935713). The entire WD repeat region is required for the interaction with ORC, CDT1 and GMNN, as well as for association with chromatin and for binding to histone H3 and H4 trimethylation marks H3K9me3 and H4K20me3. Ubiquitinated; undergoes 'Lys-48'-linked polyubiquitination leading to proteasomal degradation. Ubiquitination occurs within the WD repeats at the end of the G1 phase. Ubiquitination may be catalyzed by the CUL4-DDB1 E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase complex and other E3 ligases. Belongs to the LRWD1 family.