Primary Identifier | MGI:1929618 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 11 | NCBI Gene Number | 59045 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Predicted to enable cholesterol binding activity and protein homodimerization activity. Acts upstream of or within progesterone biosynthetic process. Located in endosome and mitochondrion. Is expressed in nervous system. Orthologous to human STARD3 (StAR related lipid transfer domain containing 3). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a truncated allele are viable and fertile and display mild defects in cholesterol metabolism. [provided by MGI curators] |