Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables chondroitin hydrolase activity and hyalurononglucosaminidase activity. Involved in chondroitin sulfate catabolic process; hyaluronan catabolic process; and response to virus. Acts upstream of or within embryonic skeletal joint morphogenesis. Is active in lysosome. Is expressed in liver and metanephros. Used to study mucopolysaccharidosis IX. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in mucopolysaccharidosis and mucopolysaccharidosis IX. Orthologous to human HYAL1 (hyaluronidase 1).