Subunit of cohesin loading factor (Scc2p-Scc4p); a complex required for loading of cohesin complexes onto chromosomes; involved in establishing sister chromatid cohesion during DSB repair via histone H2AX; promotes gene expression program that supports translational fidelity; evolutionarily-conserved adherin; relocalizes to cytosol in response to hypoxia; human disorder Cornelia de Lange syndrome is caused by mutations in NIPBL, the human ortholog of SCC2; conserved role in NHEJ