Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables lipase activity. Acts upstream of or within cholesterol homeostasis; cholesterol metabolic process; and cholesterol transport. Located in extracellular space. Is expressed in chondrocranium; femur; liver; liver lobe; and spleen. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including Alzheimer's disease; familial combined hyperlipidemia; glucose metabolism disease (multiple); obesity; and peripheral vascular disease. Orthologous to human LIPC (lipase C, hepatic type).
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