Predicted to be a structural constituent of ribosome. Acts upstream of or within erythrocyte differentiation. Predicted to be located in cytoplasmic side of rough endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Predicted to be part of cytosolic large ribosomal subunit. Is expressed in endodermal cell; intestine; liver; and pancreas. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Diamond-Blackfan anemia 16. Orthologous to human RPL27 (ribosomal protein L27). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]