Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables RISC complex binding activity. Predicted to be involved in IRES-dependent viral translational initiation; regulation of gene expression; and stress granule assembly. Located in mitochondrial inner membrane. Is expressed in heart; limb; lung; small intestine; and testis. Orthologous to human CSDE1 (cold shock domain containing E1).