GTPase Era, mitochondrial (ERAL1)

Probable GTPase that plays a role in the mitochondrial ribosomal small subunit assembly. Specifically binds the 12S mitochondrial rRNA (12S mt-rRNA) to a 33 nucleotide section delineating the 3' terminal stem-loop region.

May act as a chaperone that shields the 12S mt-rRNA on the 28S mitoribosomal subunit through ribosomal small subunit assembly. .