Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables dihydropyrimidinase activity and phosphoprotein binding activity. Involved in pyrimidine nucleoside monophosphate catabolic process. Is active in cytosol. Is expressed in cranium. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in dihydropyrimidinase deficiency and purine-pyrimidine metabolic disorder. Orthologous to human DPYS (dihydropyrimidinase).