Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables DNA binding activity. Acts upstream of or within decidualization; extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway via death domain receptors; and negative regulation of macromolecule metabolic process. Located in cytoplasm and nucleolus. Is expressed in central nervous system and retina. Orthologous to human DEDD (death effector domain containing).