Predicted to enable several functions, including ATP binding activity; catalytic activity, acting on a tRNA; and tRNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in mitochondrial alanyl-tRNA aminoacylation and tRNA modification. Predicted to act upstream of or within translation. Located in mitochondrion. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency 8. Orthologous to human AARS2 (alanyl-tRNA synthetase 2, mitochondrial). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]