Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable fatty acid binding activity and phospholipase inhibitor activity. Acts upstream of or within cholesterol metabolic process and triglyceride metabolic process. Predicted to be located in endoplasmic reticulum. Predicted to be part of high-density lipoprotein particle and very-low-density lipoprotein particle. Is expressed in cerebral cortex ventricular layer; cortical plate; embryo; and liver. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Alzheimer's disease and obesity. Orthologous to human APOC1 (apolipoprotein C1).