Is predicted to encode a protein with the following domains: Double-stranded RNA binding motif; MADF domain; Alcohol dehydrogenase transcription factor Myb/SANT-like; and Double-stranded RNA-binding domain. Is an ortholog of C. elegans
rde-4. In C. elegans,
rde-4 is involved in regulatory ncRNA-mediated post-transcriptional gene silencing and siRNA processing.