Enables nuclease activity. Involved in RNA splicing. Predicted to be located in mitochondrion. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in ovarian carcinoma and urinary bladder cancer. Orthologous to human MT-CYB (mitochondrially encoded cytochrome b).
SGD Description
Mitochondrial mRNA maturase with a role in splicing; encoded by both exon and intron sequences of partially processed COB mRNA