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. Located in mitochondrial inner membrane. Is expressed in heart; limb; lung; small intestine; and testis. Orthologous to human CSDE1 (cold shock domain containing E1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]