Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables oxygen sensor activity and peroxiredoxin activity. Involved in several processes, including detoxification of inorganic compound; negative regulation of intrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway; and negative regulation of protein metabolic process. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including dopamine uptake involved in synaptic transmission; membrane hyperpolarization; and positive regulation of reactive oxygen species biosynthetic process. Located in several cellular components, including cell body; mitochondrion; and presynapse. Is expressed in central nervous system and retina. Used to study Parkinson's disease 7. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Parkinson's disease; Parkinson's disease 7; Parkinsonism; cerebral infarction; and middle cerebral artery infarction. Orthologous to human PARK7 (Parkinsonism associated deglycase).