Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable arylsulfatase activity and steryl-sulfatase activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including response to estrogen; response to pH; and response to peptide hormone. Predicted to act upstream of or within female pregnancy and steroid metabolic process. Predicted to be located in endoplasmic reticulum membrane and nuclear envelope. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; sensory organ; skeleton; skin; and spleen. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in X-linked ichthyosis. Orthologous to human STS (steroid sulfatase).