Enables carbon-carbon lyase activity. Involved in fatty acid alpha-oxidation. Acts upstream of or within lipid metabolic process. Predicted to be located in nucleoplasm. Predicted to be active in peroxisome. Is expressed in several structures, including adipose tissue; alimentary system; eye; genitourinary system; and nervous system. Orthologous to human HACL1 (2-hydroxyacyl-CoA lyase 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]