Acts upstream of or within several processes, including autophagy of mitochondrion; locomotion involved in locomotory behavior; and nervous system development. Located in mitochondrial outer membrane. Is expressed in craniocervical region bone; ear; jaw; nervous system; and respiratory system. Used to study Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 6. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in pontocerebellar hypoplasia. Orthologous to human SLC25A46 (solute carrier family 25 member 46). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]