Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable metal ion binding activity. Predicted to act upstream of or within protein transport. Located in mitochondrion. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; genitourinary system; nasal cavity epithelium; thymus primordium; and tooth. Orthologous to human TIMM8B (translocase of inner mitochondrial membrane 8 homolog B).