Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable NADH dehydrogenase (ubiquinone) activity. Predicted to be involved in ATP synthesis coupled electron transport. Located in mitochondrion. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Leber hereditary optic neuropathy and diabetes mellitus. Orthologous to human MT-ND4L (mitochondrially encoded NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase core subunit 4L).