Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable retinol isomerase activity and sphingolipid delta-4 desaturase activity. Predicted to be involved in ceramide biosynthetic process and myelin maintenance. Predicted to be located in mitochondrion. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in hypomyelinating leukodystrophy 18. Orthologous to human DEGS1 (delta 4-desaturase, sphingolipid 1).