Predicted to be a structural constituent of ribosome. Predicted to be involved in mitochondrial translation. Predicted to be located in mitochondrion and nuclear membrane. Predicted to be part of mitochondrial small ribosomal subunit. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency 38. Orthologous to human MRPS14 (mitochondrial ribosomal protein S14). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]