Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.3.0)
Enables 3-oxo-5-alpha-steroid 4-dehydrogenase activity. Acts upstream of or within androgen biosynthetic process and male genitalia development. Predicted to be located in cell body fiber and neuronal cell body. Is expressed in genitourinary system. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in hypospadias and prostate cancer. Orthologous to human SRD5A2 (steroid 5 alpha-reductase 2).
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