Predicted to be a structural constituent of ribosome. Predicted to be involved in mitochondrial translation. Predicted to act upstream of or within translation. Located in mitochondrial ribosome. Is expressed in several structures, including early conceptus; forelimb bud; genitourinary system; liver; and thymus primordium. Orthologous to human MRPL23 (mitochondrial ribosomal protein L23). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]