Predicted to be a structural constituent of ribosome. Predicted to be involved in mitochondrial ribosome assembly. Predicted to be located in mitochondrion. Predicted to be part of mitochondrial small ribosomal subunit. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency 36. Orthologous to human MRPS2 (mitochondrial ribosomal protein S2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]