Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable translation initiation factor activity. Predicted to be involved in translational initiation. Predicted to act upstream of or within translation. Is active in synapse. Is expressed in cerebral cortex ventricular layer and cortical plate. Orthologous to several human genes including EIF1AX (eukaryotic translation initiation factor 1A X-linked).