Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables 3-oxo-5-alpha-steroid 4-dehydrogenase activity. Acts upstream of or within androgen biosynthetic process. Predicted to be located in cell body fiber; neuronal cell body; and perinuclear region of cytoplasm. Is expressed in alimentary system; genitourinary system; hypothalamus; and liver. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in prostate cancer and prostatic hypertrophy. Orthologous to human SRD5A1 (steroid 5 alpha-reductase 1).