Predicted to enable galactosylceramidase activity. Predicted to be involved in galactosylceramide catabolic process. Predicted to act upstream of or within lipid catabolic process and sphingolipid metabolic process. Predicted to be active in lysosome. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Krabbe disease. Orthologous to human GALC (galactosylceramidase).