Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables NADPH:quinone reductase activity; alcohol dehydrogenase activity, zinc-dependent; and alditol:NADP+ 1-oxidoreductase activity. Involved in fatty acid omega-oxidation. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including alcohol catabolic process; ethanol metabolic process; and quinone metabolic process. Predicted to be located in nucleoplasm. Predicted to be active in cytosol. Is expressed in several structures, including adrenal cortex; genitourinary system; integumental system; limb; and nervous system. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in alcohol dependence. Orthologous to human ADH4 (alcohol dehydrogenase 4 (class II), pi polypeptide).