Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Acts upstream of or within cellular response to cold and lipid catabolic process. Located in cytosol and lipid droplet. Is expressed in blood vessel and connective tissue. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in familial partial lipodystrophy type 4 and obesity. Orthologous to human PLIN1 (perilipin 1).
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