Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables 3-oxo-5-alpha-steroid 4-dehydrogenase activity. Involved in androgen biosynthetic process. Acts upstream of or within male genitalia development and steroid biosynthetic process. Predicted to be located in cell body fiber and neuronal cell body. Predicted to be active in endoplasmic reticulum membrane. 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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