Primary Identifier | MGI:2156765 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 7 | NCBI Gene Number | 170460 |
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 cholesterol transfer activity. Predicted to be involved in cholesterol import. Is expressed in embryo; liver; metanephros; and small intestine. Orthologous to human STARD5 (StAR related lipid transfer domain containing 5). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele exhibit abnormal vertebral transverse process morphology. [provided by MGI curators] |