Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable [pyruvate dehydrogenase (acetyl-transferring)]-phosphatase activity; calcium ion binding activity; and magnesium ion binding activity. Located in mitochondrion. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in obesity and pyruvate decarboxylase deficiency. Orthologous to human PDP1 (pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase catalytic subunit 1).