Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable several functions, including ATP binding activity; eukaryotic initiation factor 4E binding activity; and nucleic acid binding activity. Acts upstream of or within behavioral fear response and positive regulation of neuron differentiation. Located in cytoplasm. Is expressed in cerebral cortex subventricular zone; cerebral cortex ventricular layer; heart; liver; and lung. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in late onset Parkinson's disease. Orthologous to human EIF4G1 (eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4 gamma 1).