Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable ribosomal large subunit 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 part of eukaryotic 43S preinitiation complex; eukaryotic 48S preinitiation complex; and multi-eIF complex. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm. Is expressed in several structures, including early conceptus; gonad; liver; lung; and spleen. Orthologous to human EIF1AX (eukaryotic translation initiation factor 1A X-linked).