Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables sterol O-acyltransferase activity. Acts upstream of or within cholesterol metabolic process and cholesterol storage. Located in membrane. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in coronary artery disease and hepatocellular carcinoma. Orthologous to human SOAT2 (sterol O-acyltransferase 2).
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