Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables hydroxyisourate hydrolase activity. Involved in allantoin metabolic process; amide catabolic process; and purine-containing compound catabolic process. Located in mitochondrion. Is active in peroxisome. Used to study hyperuricemia. Orthologous to human URAHP (urate (hydroxyiso-) hydrolase, pseudogene).