Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Predicted to enable carboxylesterase activity and sterol ester esterase activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including cellular response to cholesterol; cholesterol homeostasis; and regulation of steroid metabolic process. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Predicted to be active in endoplasmic reticulum and lipid droplet. Is expressed in ductus deferens and testis. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in colorectal cancer and gastrointestinal system cancer. Orthologous to human CES1 (carboxylesterase 1).
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