Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Predicted to enable carboxylesterase activity and sterol ester esterase activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including chylomicron assembly; regulation of chylomicron remnant clearance; and regulation of triglyceride metabolic process. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Predicted to be active in endoplasmic reticulum and lipid droplet. Is expressed in cranium; hindlimb long bone; lung; and sensory organ. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in colorectal cancer and gastrointestinal system cancer. Orthologous to human CES1 (carboxylesterase 1).
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