Primary Identifier | MGI:109296 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 15 | NCBI Gene Number | 20775 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.3.0) Predicted to enable FAD binding activity and squalene monooxygenase activity. Predicted to be involved in lipid droplet formation; regulation of cell population proliferation; and sterol metabolic process. Predicted to act upstream of or within lipid metabolic process. Predicted to be located in intracellular membrane-bounded organelle and membrane. Predicted to be active in endoplasmic reticulum. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; brain; genitourinary system; hemolymphoid system gland; and liver and biliary system. Orthologous to human SQLE (squalene epoxidase). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele die before E8.5 with a phenotype consistent with that found in mice with mutations affecting cholesterol synthesis. Mice heterozygous the allele exhibit improved Rett syndrome phenotypes. [provided by MGI curators] |