Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable GTP binding activity; GTPase activity; and nucleic acid binding activity. Predicted to be involved in regulation of translational initiation; ribosome assembly; and translational initiation. Predicted to act upstream of or within translation. Is active in synapse. Orthologous to human EIF5B (eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5B).