Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 3.2)
Exhibits alkaline phosphatase activity. Predicted to be involved in dephosphorylation. Localizes to myofibril. Is expressed in early conceptus; intestine; and testis. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in inflammatory bowel disease. Orthologous to human ALPG (alkaline phosphatase, germ cell); ALPI (alkaline phosphatase, intestinal); and ALPP (alkaline phosphatase, placental).