Predicted to enable mitochondrial ribosome binding activity; rRNA binding activity; and tRNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in cell population proliferation and positive regulation of mitochondrial translation. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm and nucleolus. Predicted to be part of mitochondrial small ribosomal subunit. Predicted to be active in mitochondrion. Orthologous to human MRPS27 (mitochondrial ribosomal protein S27). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]