Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables iron ion binding activity and tRNA (5-carboxymethyluridine(34)-5-O)-methyltransferase activity. Involved in tRNA methylation and tRNA wobble uridine modification. Predicted to be located in cytosol and nucleoplasm. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm and nucleus. Is expressed in nervous system and sensory organ. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal recessive intellectual developmental disorder 71. Orthologous to human ALKBH8 (alkB homolog 8, tRNA methyltransferase).
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