Predicted to enable methionyl-tRNA formyltransferase activity. Predicted to be involved in conversion of methionyl-tRNA to N-formyl-methionyl-tRNA. Predicted to act upstream of or within translation. Located in mitochondrion. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency 15 and nuclear type mitochondrial complex I deficiency 27. Orthologous to human MTFMT (mitochondrial methionyl-tRNA formyltransferase). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]