Is predicted to encode a protein with the following domains: eIF4-gamma/eIF5/eIF2-epsilon; Bacterial transferase hexapeptide (six repeats); Nucleotide-diphospho-sugar transferases; W2 domain; Hexapeptide repeat; Trimeric LpxA-like superfamily; and Armadillo-type fold. Is an ortholog of C. elegans eif-2Bepsilon.