Predicted to enable RNA binding activity and protein serine/threonine kinase activity. Predicted to be involved in mitochondrial RNA processing; protein phosphorylation; and regulation of RNA metabolic process. Predicted to be located in nuclear speck. Predicted to be active in mitochondrial matrix and ribonucleoprotein granule. Orthologous to human FASTK (Fas activated serine/threonine kinase). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]