Enables glycine N-choloyltransferase activity. Involved in animal organ regeneration; bile acid conjugation; and liver development. Located in cytosol and peroxisome. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in disease of metabolism. Orthologous to human BAAT (bile acid-CoA:amino acid N-acyltransferase). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]