Stard5 - StAR-related lipid transfer (START) domain containing 5

Predicted to enable cholesterol binding activity and cholesterol transfer activity. Predicted to be involved in cholesterol import. Predicted to act upstream of or within intermembrane lipid transfer and sterol transport. Is expressed in embryo; liver; and metanephros. Orthologous to human STARD5 (StAR related lipid transfer domain containing 5). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]