Predicted to be a structural constituent of ribosome. Predicted to be involved in mitochondrial transcription and positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated. Predicted to be located in mitochondrion. Predicted to be part of mitochondrial large ribosomal subunit. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency 45. Orthologous to human MRPL12 (mitochondrial ribosomal protein L12). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]