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 chromatin. Predicted to be part of transcription regulator complex. 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).