Predicted to enable asparagine-tRNA ligase activity. Predicted to be involved in asparaginyl-tRNA aminoacylation. Predicted to be located in cytosol and nucleoplasm. Predicted to be active in mitochondrion. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal recessive nonsyndromic deafness 94 and combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency 24. Orthologous to human NARS2 (asparaginyl-tRNA synthetase 2, mitochondrial). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]