Predicted to enable DNA binding activity and DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific. Acts upstream of or within camera-type eye morphogenesis; neural crest cell migration; and skeletal system development. Predicted to be located in nucleus. Is expressed in cranial neural crest; head mesenchyme; neural crest; neurocranium; and periocular mesenchyme. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in frontonasal dysplasia 1. Orthologous to human ALX3 (ALX homeobox 3).