Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables sphingosine N-acyltransferase activity. Acts upstream of or within ceramide biosynthetic process and negative regulation of fat cell differentiation. Predicted to be located in membrane. Predicted to be active in endoplasmic reticulum. Is expressed in nervous system and neural retina. Used to study cone-rod dystrophy. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in cone-rod dystrophy. Orthologous to human TLCD3B (TLC domain containing 3B).