Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable rRNA binding activity and ribosomal small subunit binding activity. Predicted to be involved in ribosomal small subunit assembly. Predicted to act upstream of or within ribosome biogenesis. Predicted to be located in cytosol and mitochondrion. Predicted to be active in mitochondrial matrix. Is expressed in ureter and urinary system. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Perrault syndrome 6. Orthologous to human ERAL1 (Era like 12S mitochondrial rRNA chaperone 1).