Predicted to enable unfolded protein binding activity. Predicted to be involved in chaperone-mediated protein complex assembly; mitochondrial electron transport, NADH to ubiquinone; and mitochondrial respiratory chain complex I assembly. Located in mitochondrion. Is expressed in embryo. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in nuclear type mitochondrial complex I deficiency 11. Orthologous to human NDUFAF1 (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase complex assembly factor 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]