Possesses 3' to 5' helicase activity and exonuclease activity. Involved in neuronal development, specifically in the development of different sensory organs.
We also confirmed transcriptional coactivator functions of ZMYND8 in ERα-driven reporter assays and on endogenous E2-dependent genes (Figure 5F,G). siRNA knockdown of ZMYND8 showed markedly decreased transcription at the presumptive ERα/Z3 target genes ADORA1 and NAV2, while the classical ERα targets pS2/TFF1 and GREB1 appear to be less affected (Figure 5G), suggesting likely gene-specificity of ZMYND8.