Predicted to enable ribonuclease III activity. Predicted to be involved in mitochondrial translational elongation. Predicted to be located in nucleus. Predicted to be part of microprocessor complex and mitochondrial large ribosomal subunit. Expressed in metacorpus;
pm4;
pm7; and terminal bulb. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency 16. Is an ortholog of human MRPL44 (mitochondrial ribosomal protein L44).