Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables aminoacylase activity and catalase activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including cellular oxidant detoxification; hydrogen peroxide catabolic process; and positive regulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signal transduction. Located in peroxisomal matrix and peroxisomal membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; early conceptus; heart; nervous system; and sensory organ. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including acatalasia; eye disease (multiple); lung disease (multiple); osteonecrosis; and pseudoxanthoma elasticum. Orthologous to human CAT (catalase).