The function of Ensembl gene identifier ENSG00000184708 (EIF4ENIF1, eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E nuclear import factor 1) is as follows. EIF4E-binding protein that regulates translation and stability of mRNAs in processing bodies (P-bodies) (PubMed:16157702, PubMed:24335285, PubMed:27342281, PubMed:32354837). Plays a key role in P-bodies to coordinate the storage of translationally inactive mRNAs in the cytoplasm and prevent their degradation (PubMed:24335285, PubMed:32354837). Acts as a binding platform for multiple RNA-binding proteins: promotes deadenylation of mRNAs via its interaction with the CCR4-NOT complex, and blocks decapping via interaction with eIF4E (EIF4E and EIF4E2), thereby protecting deadenylated and repressed mRNAs from degradation (PubMed:27342281, PubMed:32354837). Component of a multiprotein complex that sequesters and represses translation of proneurogenic factors during neurogenesis (By similarity). Promotes miRNA-mediated translational repression (PubMed:24335285, PubMed:27342281, PubMed:28487484). Required for the formation of P- bodies (PubMed:16157702, PubMed:22966201, PubMed:27342281, PubMed:32354837). Involved in mRNA translational repression mediated by the miRNA effector TNRC6B by protecting TNRC6B-targeted mRNAs from decapping and subsequent decay (PubMed:32354837). Also acts as a nucleoplasmic shuttling protein, which mediates the nuclear import of EIF4E and DDX6 by a piggy-back mechanism (PubMed:10856257, PubMed:28216671). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9EST3, ECO:0000269|PubMed:10856257, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16157702, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22966201, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24335285, ECO:0000269|PubMed:27342281, ECO:0000269|PubMed:28216671, ECO:0000269|PubMed:28487484, ECO:0000269|PubMed:32354837}.