Stard3 - StAR-related lipid transfer domain containing 3

Predicted to enable cholesterol binding activity and protein homodimerization activity. Predicted to be involved in cholesterol transport and vesicle tethering to endoplasmic reticulum. Predicted to act upstream of or within progesterone biosynthetic process. Predicted to be located in several cellular components, including endoplasmic reticulum-endosome membrane contact site; late endosome membrane; and nucleoplasm. Predicted to colocalize with endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Orthologous to human STARD3 (StAR related lipid transfer domain containing 3). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]