Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables cholesterol binding activity. Acts upstream of or within cellular lipid metabolic process; glucocorticoid metabolic process; and regulation of steroid biosynthetic process. Located in mitochondrion. Is expressed in several structures, including adrenal gland; extraembryonic component; reproductive system; and urogenital ridge. Used to study congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Orthologous to human STAR (steroidogenic acute regulatory protein).
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