Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable [acyl-carrier-protein] S-malonyltransferase activity. Predicted to be involved in fatty acid biosynthetic process. Predicted to act upstream of or within fatty acid metabolic process. Located in mitochondrion. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in optic atrophy. Orthologous to human MCAT (malonyl-CoA-acyl carrier protein transacylase).