Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable arylsulfatase activity and calcium ion binding activity. Acts upstream of or within binding activity of sperm to zona pellucida. Located in plasma membrane. Is expressed in brain and genitourinary system. Used to study metachromatic leukodystrophy. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in metachromatic leukodystrophy. Orthologous to human ARSA (arylsulfatase A).