Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables rRNA (adenine-N6-)-methyltransferase activity. Involved in positive regulation of translation; rRNA methylation; and stem cell differentiation. Predicted to be located in several cellular components, including fibrillar center; postsynapse; and presynapse. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal recessive intellectual developmental disorder 72. Orthologous to human METTL5 (methyltransferase 5, N6-adenosine).