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 several structures, including alimentary system; genitourinary system; heart; integumental system; and nervous system. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in pyruvate decarboxylase deficiency. Orthologous to human PDHB (pyruvate dehydrogenase E1 subunit beta).