Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable acetoacetate-CoA ligase activity and butyrate-CoA ligase activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including cellular response to glucose stimulus; positive regulation of insulin secretion; and response to oleic acid. Predicted to act upstream of or within fatty acid metabolic process. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Is expressed in alimentary system; eye; hemolymphoid system; nervous system; and urinary system. Orthologous to human AACS (acetoacetyl-CoA synthetase).