Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable glutamate-tRNA ligase activity and glutamate-tRNA(Gln) ligase activity. Predicted to be involved in glutamyl-tRNA aminoacylation and tRNA aminoacylation for mitochondrial protein translation. Predicted to act upstream of or within translation. Located in mitochondrion. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency 12. Orthologous to human EARS2 (glutamyl-tRNA synthetase 2, mitochondrial).