Predicted to enable eukaryotic initiation factor 4E binding activity; nucleic acid binding activity; and ribosomal small subunit binding activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including TORC1 signaling; cellular response to rapamycin; and posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Predicted to be active in cytoplasmic stress granule and cytosol. Predicted to colocalize with polysomal ribosome. Orthologous to human LARP1 (La ribonucleoprotein 1, translational regulator). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]