Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable rRNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in mitochondrial ribosome assembly and positive regulation of mitochondrial translation. Predicted to act upstream of or within cell differentiation. Located in nucleus. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; heart; liver; metanephros; and spinal cord ventral horn. Orthologous to human NGRN (neugrin, neurite outgrowth associated).