Predicted to be a structural constituent of ribosome. Predicted to be involved in mitochondrial translation. Predicted to be located in mitochondrion. Predicted to be part of mitochondrial small ribosomal subunit. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency 32. Orthologous to human MRPS34 (mitochondrial ribosomal protein S34). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]