Predicted to enable mRNA cap binding activity and translation initiation factor activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including IRES-dependent viral translational initiation; cytoplasmic translational initiation; and viral translational termination-reinitiation. Predicted to be part of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 complex, eIF3m. Orthologous to human EIF3D (eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit D). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]