Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable mRNA binding activity. Predicted to be a structural constituent of ribosome. Predicted to be involved in negative regulation of translation. Predicted to act upstream of or within translation. Located in mitochondrial ribosome. Is expressed in several structures, including early conceptus; gonad; palatal shelf; submandibular gland primordium; and telencephalon ventricular layer. Orthologous to human MRPL13 (mitochondrial ribosomal protein L13).