Predicted to enable several functions, including RNA binding activity; helicase activity; and transcription coregulator activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including nucleic acid metabolic process; positive regulation of myeloid dendritic cell cytokine production; and protein localization to cytoplasmic stress granule. Predicted to act upstream of or within response to exogenous dsRNA and response to virus. Predicted to be located in several cellular components, including cleavage body; cytoplasmic stress granule; and mitochondrion. Predicted to be part of ribonucleoprotein complex and tRNA-splicing ligase complex. Orthologous to human DDX1 (DEAD-box helicase 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]