Predicted to enable galactosylceramidase activity. Predicted to be involved in galactosylceramide catabolic process. Predicted to act upstream of or within myelination. Predicted to be active in lysosome. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Krabbe disease. Orthologous to human GALC (galactosylceramidase). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]