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 be active 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]