Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Contributes to serine C-palmitoyltransferase activity. Acts upstream of or within ceramide biosynthetic process and endoplasmic reticulum organization. Part of serine C-palmitoyltransferase complex. Is expressed in central nervous system; eye; genitourinary system; and gut. Orthologous to human SPTSSB (serine palmitoyltransferase small subunit B).