Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable ATP binding activity. Acts upstream of or within extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway. Located in mitochondrion and nucleus. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; central nervous system; early conceptus; heart; and oocyte. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in nuclear type mitochondrial complex I deficiency 28 and thyroid gland Hurthle cell carcinoma. Orthologous to human NDUFA13 (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase subunit A13).