Predicted to enable small ribosomal subunit rRNA binding activity. Predicted to be a structural constituent of ribosome. Predicted to be involved in translation. Predicted to be located in mitochondrion. Predicted to be part of mitochondrial large ribosomal subunit and mitochondrial small ribosomal subunit. Orthologous to human MRPS18A (mitochondrial ribosomal protein S18A). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]