Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable cytoskeletal protein binding activity; long-chain fatty acid binding activity; and long-chain fatty acid transporter activity. Involved in several processes, including cholesterol homeostasis; lipid transport; and phospholipid homeostasis. Acts upstream of or within brown fat cell differentiation and regulation of phosphatidylcholine biosynthetic process. Located in extracellular space. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; central nervous system; genitourinary system; sensory organ; and skeleton. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Orthologous to human FABP3 (fatty acid binding protein 3).