Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables lipid transfer activity; phosphatidic acid binding activity; and protein homodimerization activity. Involved in several processes, including lipid droplet fusion; negative regulation of cold-induced thermogenesis; and positive regulation of sequestering of triglyceride. Acts upstream of or within lipid metabolic process. Located in mitochondrial envelope and nucleus. Is active in lipid droplet. Is expressed in brown fat and inner ear vestibular component. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in obesity. Orthologous to human CIDEA (cell death inducing DFFA like effector a).