Enables nucleoside diphosphate phosphatase activity. Predicted to be involved in UDP catabolic process. Predicted to act upstream of with a positive effect on 'de novo' post-translational protein folding; UDP-alpha-D-glucose metabolic process; and protein N-linked glycosylation. Located in extracellular space.
RGD Description
The protein encoded by this gene is similar to E-type nucleotidases (NTPases)/ecto-ATPase/apyrases. NTPases, such as CD39, mediate catabolism of extracellular nucleotides. ENTPD5 contains 4 apyrase-conserved regions which is characteristic of NTPases. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2009]