Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable pyruvate dehydrogenase (acetyl-transferring) activity. Predicted to contribute to pyruvate dehydrogenase (NAD+) activity. Predicted to be involved in acetyl-CoA biosynthetic process from pyruvate. Predicted to act upstream of or within glucose metabolic process and tricarboxylic acid cycle. Located in mitochondrion. Is expressed in nervous system and testis. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in spermatogenic failure. Orthologous to human PDHA2 (pyruvate dehydrogenase E1 subunit alpha 2).