Predicted to enable eukaryotic initiation factor 4E binding activity. Predicted to be involved in negative regulation of translational initiation. Predicted to act upstream of or within negative regulation of translation. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm. Is expressed in gut; male reproductive gland or organ; and metanephros. Orthologous to human EIF4EBP3 (eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E binding protein 3). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]