Is predicted to encode a protein with the following domains: Structural maintenance of chromosomes protein 5; RecF/RecN/SMC, N-terminal; P-loop containing nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase; and RecF/RecN/SMC N terminal domain. Is an ortholog of C. elegans smc-5. In C. elegans, smc-5 is involved in meiotic DNA double-strand break processing involved in reciprocal meiotic recombination.