Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Acts upstream of or within several processes, including locomotion involved in locomotory behavior; mitochondrion organization; and nervous system development. Located in mitochondrial outer membrane. Is expressed in craniocervical region bone; ear; jaw; nervous system; and respiratory system. Used to study Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 6. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 1E. Orthologous to human SLC25A46 (solute carrier family 25 member 46).