Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable ATP hydrolysis activity and translation initiation factor activity. Acts upstream of or within cellular response to leukemia inhibitory factor. Predicted to be located in perinuclear region of cytoplasm. Is expressed in brain; early conceptus; oocyte; and telencephalon. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in neurodevelopmental disorder with hypotonia and speech delay. Orthologous to human EIF4A2 (eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4A2).