Predicted to be involved in maturation of SSU-rRNA from tricistronic rRNA transcript (SSU-rRNA, 5.8S rRNA, LSU-rRNA). Predicted to act upstream of or within regulation of translation. Predicted to be located in mitochondrion and nucleoplasm. Predicted to be part of small-subunit processome. Predicted to be active in nucleolus. Is expressed in 2-cell stage embryo and 4-cell stage embryo. Orthologous to human NGDN (neuroguidin). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]