Lipa - lipase A, lysosomal acid type

Enables sterol esterase activity. Involved in fatty acid metabolic process and sterol metabolic process. Located in lysosome. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Wolman disease; cholesterol ester storage disease; and lysosomal and lipase deficiency. Orthologous to human LIPA (lipase A, lysosomal acid type). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]