Responsible for the thiolytic cleavage of straight chain 3-keto fatty acyl-CoAs (3-oxoacyl-CoAs) (, ). Plays an important role in fatty acid peroxisomal beta-oxidation (, ). Catalyzes the cleavage of short, medium, long, and very long straight chain 3-oxoacyl-CoAs (, ).
Subcellular locations: Peroxisome
Transported into peroxisomes following association with PEX7.