Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.3.0)
Enables sterol transfer activity. Involved in cholesterol biosynthetic process via desmosterol and cholesterol biosynthetic process via lathosterol. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including cholesterol efflux; monocarboxylic acid transport; and steroid metabolic process. Is active in endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 38. Orthologous to human ARV1 (ARV1 fatty acid homeostasis modulator).
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