Actin-binding protein involved in the regulation of neuronal process formation and in differentiation of neural crest cells. Down- regulates transcription factor NF2L2/NRF2 by decreasing the rate of protein synthesis and not via a ubiquitin-mediated proteasomal degradation mechanism. . This is the function of Ensembl gene identifier ENSG00000171617 (ENC1, ectodermal-neural cortex 1).