Saa1 - serum amyloid A 1

Predicted to enable heparin binding activity. Acts upstream of or within cholesterol metabolic process and response to bacterium. Located in extracellular space. Is expressed in intestinal villus; large intestine epithelium; liver; and small intestine epithelium. Orthologous to human SAA2 (serum amyloid A2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]