Predicted to enable ammonia-lyase activity; protein homodimerization activity; and pyridoxal phosphate binding activity. Predicted to be involved in carboxylic acid metabolic process and protein-containing complex assembly. Predicted to act upstream of or within gluconeogenesis. Predicted to be located in cytosol and mitochondrion. Is expressed in several structures, including genitourinary system; immune system; liver; musculature; and stomach. Orthologous to human SDS (serine dehydratase). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]