Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable RNA binding activity. Involved in cellular response to lipopolysaccharide; negative regulation of cytokine production involved in inflammatory response; and positive regulation of inflammatory response. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Predicted to be active in cytosol and nucleus. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; early conceptus; epithelium; oocyte; and thymus primordium. Orthologous to human PDCD4 (programmed cell death 4).