Predicted to enable DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific and RNA polymerase II transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in neuron differentiation and regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Predicted to act upstream of or within regulation of DNA-templated transcription. Predicted to be active in nucleus. Is expressed in brain; cranial ganglion; and otic vesicle. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal dominant nonsyndromic deafness 7. Orthologous to human LMX1A (LIM homeobox transcription factor 1 alpha).