Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables pyruvate dehydrogenase (NAD+) activity. Acts upstream of or within acetyl-CoA biosynthetic process from pyruvate. Located in mitochondrion. Part of catalytic complex. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; brain; heart ventricle; metanephros; and sensory organ. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in pyruvate decarboxylase deficiency. Orthologous to human PDHA1 (pyruvate dehydrogenase E1 subunit alpha 1).
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