Enables sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding activity. Involved in cellular response to amino acid stimulus and regulation of intracellular mRNA localization. Located in dendrite; neuronal ribonucleoprotein granule; and nucleus. Part of messenger ribonucleoprotein complex. Used to study transient cerebral ischemia. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in hepatocellular carcinoma. Orthologous to human HNRNPAB (heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A/B). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]