Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables protein serine/threonine phosphatase activity. Involved in circadian regulation of gene expression and entrainment of circadian clock by photoperiod. Acts upstream of or within branching morphogenesis of an epithelial tube; lung development; and positive regulation of extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway in absence of ligand. Located in cytoplasm and nucleoplasm. Is expressed in several structures, including esophagus; eye; and respiratory system. Orthologous to human PPP1CA (protein phosphatase 1 catalytic subunit alpha).