Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable 1-acylglycerophosphocholine O-acyltransferase activity. Involved in several processes, including cardiolipin metabolic process; mitophagy; and spermatocyte division. Predicted to be located in mitochondrial inner membrane and mitochondrial outer membrane. Predicted to be active in mitochondrial membrane. Is expressed in alimentary system; respiratory system; and urinary system. Used to study Barth syndrome and cardiomyopathy. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Barth syndrome and dilated cardiomyopathy. Orthologous to human TAFAZZIN (tafazzin, phospholipid-lysophospholipid transacylase).