Predicted to enable DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific and RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Acts upstream of or within camera-type eye development and neuron projection development. Predicted to be located in nucleus. Predicted to be part of transcription regulator complex. Predicted to be active in chromatin. Is expressed in several structures, including cranial vault; mesoderm; nervous system; neural tube; and presumptive diencephalon. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in craniosynostosis and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. Orthologous to human TCF12 (transcription factor 12).