Predicted to enable rRNA binding activity and ribosomal small subunit binding activity. Predicted to be involved in mitochondrial translation. Predicted to be located in cytosol; nucleoplasm; and plasma membrane. Predicted to be active in mitochondrion. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency 51. Orthologous to human PTCD3 (pentatricopeptide repeat domain 3). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]