Predicted to enable N6-threonylcarbomyladenosine methylthiotransferase activity. Predicted to act upstream of or within maintenance of translational fidelity and tRNA methylthiolation. Predicted to be located in rough endoplasmic reticulum. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in diabetes mellitus; gestational diabetes; and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Orthologous to human CDKAL1 (CDK5 regulatory subunit associated protein 1 like 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]