Predicted to enable rRNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in positive regulation of mitochondrial translation. Predicted to act upstream of or within cell differentiation. Located in nucleus. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; heart; liver; metanephros; and spinal cord ventral horn. Orthologous to human NGRN (neugrin, neurite outgrowth associated). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]