Predicted to enable ATP binding activity and cysteine-tRNA ligase activity. Predicted to be involved in cysteinyl-tRNA aminoacylation. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency 27. Orthologous to human CARS2 (cysteinyl-tRNA synthetase 2, mitochondrial). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]