Predicted to enable catalytic activity, acting on DNA; lyase activity; and protein C-terminus binding activity. Predicted to be involved in base-excision repair; negative regulation of nuclease activity; and response to oxidative stress. Predicted to act upstream of or within DNA repair. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm and nucleoplasm. Predicted to be active in nucleus. Orthologous to human NEIL1 (nei like DNA glycosylase 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]