Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable NADH dehydrogenase (ubiquinone) activity. Acts upstream of or within blastocyst hatching. Located in mitochondrion. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; brain; eye; heart; and skeleton. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in nuclear type mitochondrial complex I deficiency 13. Orthologous to human NDUFA2 (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase subunit A2).