Hpd - 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase

Enables 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase activity. Involved in tyrosine catabolic process. Located in Golgi membrane and endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in hawkinsinuria and tyrosinemia type III. Orthologous to human HPD (4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]