Predicted to enable mRNA binding activity. Predicted to be a structural constituent of ribosome. Predicted to be involved in negative regulation of translation. Predicted to act upstream of or within translation. Located in mitochondrial ribosome. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; early conceptus; gonad; liver; and telencephalon ventricular layer. Orthologous to human MRPL13 (mitochondrial ribosomal protein L13). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]