Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable RNA 7-methylguanosine cap binding activity and translation initiation factor activity. Predicted to be involved in translational initiation. Predicted to act upstream of or within translation. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Predicted to be part of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4F complex. Is expressed in early conceptus and reproductive system. Orthologous to human EIF4E1B (eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E family member 1B).