Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable acetate-CoA ligase activity; butyrate-CoA ligase activity; and propionate-CoA ligase activity. Predicted to act upstream of or within lipid metabolic process. Located in mitochondrion. Is expressed in central nervous system; nose; and respiratory system. Orthologous to human ACSS3 (acyl-CoA synthetase short chain family member 3).