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