Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables RNA binding activity and translation initiation factor binding activity. Involved in several processes, including RNA metabolic process; cellular response to glucose stimulus; and positive regulation of intracellular signal transduction. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including miRNA metabolic process; negative regulation of glial cell differentiation; and regulation of gene expression. Located in nucleolus and rough endoplasmic reticulum. Is expressed in several structures, including early conceptus; embryo ectoderm; gonad; limb primordium; and tooth. Orthologous to human LIN28A (lin-28 homolog A).