Predicted to enable protein-folding chaperone binding activity. Predicted to be involved in protein import into mitochondrial matrix. Predicted to be located in mitochondrial inner membrane. Expressed in tail. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Is an ortholog of human TIMM44 (translocase of inner mitochondrial membrane 44).
[McDowall JS] Extrachromosomal array containing three cosmids generated, then manipulated genetically. Rescuing cosmids deduced from experiments with other arrays. Rescuing array contained both positive clones. Partial rescue: normally early larval lethal, develops to sterile adult, no oocytes or eggs produced.