Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables histidine decarboxylase activity. Acts upstream of or within histamine biosynthetic process and histidine catabolic process. Predicted to be located in dendrite and neuronal cell body. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; brain; genitourinary system; heart; and respiratory system. Used to study Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome; asthma; and rhinitis. Orthologous to human HDC (histidine decarboxylase).