The function of ENSG00000204010 (IFIT1B, interferon induced protein with tetratricopeptide repeats 1B) is as follows. IFIT1B is likely non-functional, lacking the critical antiviral role of IFIT1. Unlike IFIT1, which is essential in the innate immune response as part of an interferon-dependent multiprotein complex, IFIT1B does not prevent the translation of viral RNAs that lack host-specific 2'-O-methylation at their 5' cap. Consequently, it probably cannot inhibit their translation by competing with the host translation machinery. .