Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to be a structural constituent of ribosome. Involved in mitochondrial translation. Located in mitochondrion. Is expressed in several structures, including early conceptus; genitourinary system; heart; liver; and thymus primordium. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency 32. Orthologous to human MRPS34 (mitochondrial ribosomal protein S34).