Establishes the cardiac repolarization gradient by its repressive actions on the KCND2 potassium-channel gene. Required for retinal cone bipolar cell differentiation. May regulate contrast adaptation in the retina and control specific aspects of visual function in circuits of the mammalian retina (By similarity). Could be involved in the regulation of both the cell cycle and apoptosis in prostate cancer cells. Involved in craniofacial and gonadal development. Modulates the migration of progenitor cell populations in branchial arches and gonads by repressing CXCL12. Down-regulated by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in prostate cancer samples from patients assigned to receive weekly high-dose 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 before radical prostatectomy. Also down-regulated by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in the human androgen-sensitive prostate cancer cell line LNCaP and in the estrogen-sensitive breast cancer cell line MCF-7. The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry. Belongs to the TALE/IRO homeobox family.