Stard5 StAR-related lipid transfer (START) domain containing 5 [ Mus musculus (house mouse) ]
Source: NCBI Gene (ID 170460)
Source: NCBI Gene (ID 170460)
Symbol: Stard5
Full name: StAR-related lipid transfer (START) domain containing 5
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: PROVISIONAL
Organism: Mus musculus
Also known as: 2310058G22Rik; D7Ertd152e
Summary: 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]
Expression: Broad expression in kidney adult (RPKM 30.6), liver adult (RPKM 26.0) and 28 other tissues
Orthologs: human
Gene size: 10312bp
Exon count: 6