Enables DNA-binding transcription factor activity. Involved in negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II and positive regulation of brown fat cell differentiation. Acts upstream of or within negative regulation of transcription, DNA-templated. Predicted to be located in fibrillar center and nuclear speck. Predicted to be active in nucleus. Is expressed in central nervous system; genitourinary system; and pancreas epithelium. Orthologous to human RREB1 (ras responsive element binding protein 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]