Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Contributes to translation initiation factor activity. Involved in translational initiation. Part of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 complex, eIF3m. Is expressed in several structures, including axial skeleton; central nervous system; early conceptus; oocyte; and sensory organ. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in breast cancer; prostate cancer; and prostate carcinoma. Orthologous to human EIF3H (eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit H).