Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to be involved in ossification and protein import into mitochondrial matrix. Predicted to be located in mitochondrial matrix. Predicted to be part of PAM complex, Tim23 associated import motor. Predicted to colocalize with matrix side of mitochondrial inner membrane. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in spondylometaphyseal dysplasia Megarbane-Dagher-Melike type. Orthologous to human PAM16 (presequence translocase associated motor 16).