Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable mRNA binding activity and protein domain specific binding activity. Acts upstream of or within negative regulation of neuron differentiation and stem cell population maintenance. Located in P-body. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; early conceptus; neural tube; oocyte; and trunk somite. Orthologous to human DDX6 (DEAD-box helicase 6).