Predicted to enable metal ion binding activity. Predicted to be involved in protein transport. Predicted to be located in mitochondrial inner membrane and mitochondrial intermembrane space. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in deafness-dystonia-optic neuronopathy syndrome and dystonia. Orthologous to human TIMM8A (translocase of inner mitochondrial membrane 8A). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]