Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Predicted to enable cholesterol binding activity. Involved in several processes, including cholesterol homeostasis; protein glycosylation; and symbiont entry into host cell. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including adult walking behavior; cholesterol efflux; and cyclodextrin metabolic process. Located in several cellular components, including lysosome; membrane raft; and nuclear envelope. Is expressed in several structures, including genitourinary system; liver; lung; spleen; and stomach. Used to study Niemann-Pick disease and Niemann-Pick disease type C1. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Niemann-Pick disease type C1. Orthologous to human NPC1 (NPC intracellular cholesterol transporter 1).
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