Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to be involved in mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase assembly. Located in mitochondrion. Is expressed in cerebral cortex; heart ventricle; nervous system; and sensory organ. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in mitochondrial complex IV deficiency nuclear type 9. Orthologous to human COA5 (cytochrome c oxidase assembly factor 5).