Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable mRNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in IRES-dependent viral translational initiation; cytoplasmic translational initiation; and ribosome disassembly. Predicted to act upstream of or within translational initiation. Is expressed in embryo. Orthologous to human DENR (density regulated re-initiation and release factor).