Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 5.2.1)
Predicted to enable RNA strand annealing activity; RNA strand-exchange activity; and ribosomal small subunit binding activity. Predicted to be involved in eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4F complex assembly and formation of translation preinitiation complex. Predicted to act upstream of or within translational initiation. Predicted to be located in cytosol; dendrite; and neuronal cell body. Predicted to be active in postsynapse. Orthologous to human EIF4B (eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4B).