Predicted to enable RNA binding activity and ribosome binding activity. Acts upstream of or within SREBP signaling pathway; cellular protein metabolic process; and positive regulation of signal transduction. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Predicted to be part of cytosolic small ribosomal subunit and eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 complex. Is expressed in brain; early conceptus; lens; liver; and ovary. Orthologous to human EIF2A (eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2A). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]