Predicted to contribute to translation initiation factor activity. Predicted to be involved in translational initiation and viral translational termination-reinitiation. Predicted to be located in fibrillar center and nucleoplasm. Predicted to be part of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 complex. Orthologous to human EIF3L (eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit L). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]