Enables mRNA CDS binding activity and polysome binding activity. Acts upstream of or within cell morphogenesis involved in neuron differentiation; in utero embryonic development; and neuron migration. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Predicted to be part of polysome. Is expressed in central nervous system; early conceptus; future brain; oocyte; and retina nuclear layer. Orthologous to human UNK (unk zinc finger). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]