Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Predicted to enable phospholipid binding activity. Involved in several processes, including fat cell differentiation; positive regulation of cold-induced thermogenesis; and regulation of lipid metabolic process. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including adipose tissue development; cytosolic lipolysis; and lipid droplet formation. Located in endoplasmic reticulum. Is expressed in brown fat; early conceptus; and secondary oocyte. Used to study congenital generalized lipodystrophy type 2 and male infertility. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal dominant distal hereditary motor neuronopathy 13; congenital generalized lipodystrophy type 2; hereditary spastic paraplegia; hereditary spastic paraplegia 17; and lipodystrophy. Orthologous to human BSCL2 (BSCL2 lipid droplet biogenesis associated, seipin).
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