Predicted to enable palmitoyl-CoA hydrolase activity. Predicted to be involved in fatty acid metabolic process; protein kinase B signaling; and regulation of mitochondrial membrane permeability involved in apoptotic process. Predicted to act upstream of or within apoptotic process; lipid metabolic process; and viral process. Located in mitochondrion. Is expressed in ganglia; hindbrain; and trigeminal nerve. Orthologous to human THEM4 (thioesterase superfamily member 4). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]