Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.5.0)
Enables retinyl-palmitate esterase activity and triacylglycerol lipase activity. Involved in several processes, including acylglycerol metabolic process; negative regulation of sequestering of triglyceride; and positive regulation of triglyceride catabolic process. Acts upstream of or within lipid catabolic process and lipid droplet organization. Located in cytoplasm and lipid droplet. Is active in cytosol. Is expressed in brown fat and heart. Orthologous to human PNPLA2 (patatin like phospholipase domain containing 2).
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