Predicted to enable RNA stem-loop binding activity. Predicted to be involved in IRES-dependent viral translational initiation; nuclear-transcribed mRNA catabolic process, no-go decay; and stress granule assembly. Predicted to be located in Golgi apparatus; cytosol; and plasma membrane. Predicted to be part of CRD-mediated mRNA stability complex. Orthologous to human CSDE1 (cold shock domain containing E1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]