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 central nervous system development; neuron differentiation; and positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Predicted to act upstream of or within nervous system development. Predicted to be active in nucleus. Orthologous to human GSX1 (GS homeobox 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]