Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable heparin binding activity and phospholipase activity. Predicted to be involved in lipid catabolic process. Predicted to act upstream of or within lipid metabolic process. Predicted to be located in extracellular region and plasma membrane. Predicted to be active in extracellular space. Is expressed in several structures, including anal canal; epidermis; genitourinary system; gut; and hippocampus. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in hypotrichosis 7. Orthologous to human LIPH (lipase H).