Predicted to enable chitin synthase activity. Involved in chitin biosynthetic process; eggshell formation; and positive regulation of protein localization to cell cortex. Located in cell cortex and plasma membrane. Expressed in Psub1.
Predicted to enable S-(hydroxymethyl)glutathione dehydrogenase [NAD(P)+] activity; alcohol dehydrogenase (NAD+) activity, zinc-dependent; and zinc ion binding activity. Predicted to be involved in formaldehyde catabolic process. Predicted to be located in cytosol. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including AMED syndrome; alcohol dependence; and late onset Parkinson's disease. Is an ortholog of human ADH5 (alcohol dehydrogenase 5 (class III), chi polypeptide).