Predicted to enable GTPase activity and ribosome binding activity. Predicted to be involved in GTP metabolic process and mature ribosome assembly. Predicted to act upstream of or within ribosome biogenesis and translational elongation. Predicted to be part of ribonucleoprotein complex. Predicted to be active in cytosol. Is expressed in head. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Shwachman-Diamond syndrome. Orthologous to human EFL1 (elongation factor like GTPase 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]