Predicted to enable metal ion binding activity and phosphoprotein phosphatase activity. Predicted to be involved in protein dephosphorylation. Predicted to be located in mitochondrion. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in maple syrup urine disease. Orthologous to human PPM1K (protein phosphatase, Mg2+/Mn2+ dependent 1K). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]