Predicted to enable RNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in P-body assembly and deadenylation-dependent decapping of nuclear-transcribed mRNA. Predicted to act upstream of or within negative regulation of cytoplasmic mRNA processing body assembly. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm and nucleus. Predicted to be active in P-body. Orthologous to human PATL2 (PAT1 homolog 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]