Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in transcription initiation at mitochondrial promoter. Located in mitochondrion. Part of protein-containing complex. Is expressed in early conceptus; limb mesenchyme; and secondary oocyte. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency 55. Orthologous to human POLRMT (RNA polymerase mitochondrial).