Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables (S)-2-hydroxy-acid oxidase activity. Predicted to be involved in fatty acid alpha-oxidation and glycolate catabolic process. Predicted to act upstream of or within amino acid biosynthetic process. Located in peroxisome. Is expressed in alimentary system; gland; liver; and pancreas. Orthologous to human HAO1 (hydroxyacid oxidase 1).