Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-lysosomal-enzyme N-acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase activity. Acts upstream of or within carbohydrate phosphorylation; establishment of localization in cell; and secretion of lysosomal enzymes. Predicted to be located in Golgi membrane. Predicted to be active in Golgi apparatus. Used to study mucolipidosis II alpha/beta. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in mucolipidosis II alpha/beta and mucolipidosis III alpha/beta. Orthologous to human GNPTAB (N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate transferase subunits alpha and beta).