Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables aminoacylase activity and catalase activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including hydrogen peroxide catabolic process; positive regulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signal transduction; and regulation of DNA-binding transcription factor activity. Located in peroxisomal membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; early conceptus; heart; nervous system; and sensory organ. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including acatalasia; eye disease (multiple); lung disease (multiple); osteonecrosis; and pseudoxanthoma elasticum. Orthologous to human CAT (catalase).
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