Predicted to enable alcohol dehydrogenase (NAD+) activity. Predicted to be involved in alcohol metabolic process. Predicted to be located in cytosol. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in colon carcinoma and primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy. Orthologous to human HPGD (15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase).