Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable cholesterol binding activity. Predicted to be involved in SREBP signaling pathway; negative regulation of cholesterol biosynthetic process; and negative regulation of fatty acid biosynthetic process. Predicted to act upstream of or within cholesterol metabolic process. Predicted to be located in endoplasmic reticulum. Predicted to be part of protein-containing complex. Predicted to be active in endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in hereditary spastic paraplegia 62. Orthologous to human ERLIN1 (ER lipid raft associated 1).