Alpi - alkaline phosphatase, intestinal

Enables alkaline phosphatase activity; metal ion binding activity; and protein homodimerization activity. Involved in dephosphorylation. Located in external side of plasma membrane. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in inflammatory bowel disease. Orthologous to several human genes including ALPI (alkaline phosphatase, intestinal). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]