Enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity and transcription cis-regulatory region binding activity. Involved in several processes, including conditioned taste aversion; response to estradiol; and response to progesterone. Located in nucleus. Biomarker of renal carcinoma. Orthologous to human FOSL2 (FOS like 2, AP-1 transcription factor subunit). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]