Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable lipid binding activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including establishment of skin barrier; mucociliary clearance; and myeloid dendritic cell activation. Located in cytoplasm. Is expressed in central nervous system; liver; lung; and retina. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in familial adult myoclonic epilepsy 2. Orthologous to human STARD7 (StAR related lipid transfer domain containing 7).