Predicted to enable RNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in defense response to virus. Predicted to act upstream of or within cellular response to interferon-alpha; cellular response to interferon-beta; and response to bacterium. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Predicted to be active in cytosol. Orthologous to human IFIT1B (interferon induced protein with tetratricopeptide repeats 1B). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]