Predicted to enable DNA-binding transcription factor activity; sequence-specific DNA binding activity; and zinc ion binding activity. Predicted to be involved in regulation of DNA-templated transcription. Is an ortholog of C. elegans nhr-23. In C. elegans, nhr-23 is involved in several processes, including defense response to Gram-negative bacterium; positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II; and spermatogenesis.