Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables double-stranded RNA binding activity. Involved in regulation of innate immune response; regulation of type I interferon production; and response to virus. Acts upstream of or within response to bacterium. Located in cytoplasm. Is expressed in central nervous system and retina. Orthologous to human DHX58 (DExH-box helicase 58).