Predicted to enable DNA-binding transcription repressor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific and RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Involved in myeloid dendritic cell differentiation and response to virus. Predicted to be located in cytosol; nucleolus; and nucleoplasm. Predicted to be active in nucleus. Is expressed in female associated reproductive structure. Orthologous to human BATF3 (basic leucine zipper ATF-like transcription factor 3). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]