Predicted to enable RNA binding activity; cytidine deaminase activity; and identical protein binding activity. Predicted to be involved in DNA demethylation and cytidine to uridine editing. Predicted to act upstream of or within mRNA modification. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm and nucleus. Orthologous to human APOBEC2 (apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme catalytic subunit 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]