Predicted to enable DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific and RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in anatomical structure morphogenesis; cell differentiation; and regulation of transcription, DNA-templated. Predicted to act upstream of or within inner ear morphogenesis and positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Predicted to be located in nucleolus. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal recessive nonsyndromic deafness 4. Orthologous to human FOXI1 (forkhead box I1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]