Predicted to enable tRNA binding activity and tRNA methyltransferase activity. Predicted to be involved in tRNA wobble uridine modification. Predicted to act upstream of or within methylation and tRNA processing. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm and nucleus. Is expressed in nervous system and retina. Orthologous to human TRMT9B (tRNA methyltransferase 9B (putative)). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]