Lars2 - leucyl-tRNA synthetase, mitochondrial

Predicted to enable leucine-tRNA ligase activity. Predicted to be involved in leucyl-tRNA aminoacylation and mitochondrial translation. Predicted to act upstream of or within translation. Located in mitochondrion. Is expressed in pancreas epithelium. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Perrault syndrome. Orthologous to human LARS2 (leucyl-tRNA synthetase 2, mitochondrial). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]