Binds to target promoter DNA and functions as a transcription regulator. Regulates transcription from the PADI1 and CDH2 promoter. May be one regulator of transcriptional events during hemopoietic development. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15541732, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17851584}. This is the function of MZF1 (myeloid zinc finger 1, Ensembl gene identifier ENSG00000099326).