Predicted to enable oxidoreductase activity. Predicted to be involved in fatty acid elongation. Predicted to be located in membrane. Predicted to be active in endoplasmic reticulum. Is expressed in pharynx. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in 17-beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 3 deficiency and disorder of sexual development. Orthologous to several human genes including HSD17B12 (hydroxysteroid 17-beta dehydrogenase 12).
WB Description
stdh-4 encodes a putative steroid dehydrogenase expressed in larval and adult pharynx; STDH-4 is orthologous to human HSD17B3 (OMIM:605573, mutated in pseudohermaphroditism), HSD17B12 (OMIM:609574), and HSDL1, and paralogous to LET-767 and STDH-1/-3; STDH-4 has no obvious function in mass RNAi assays.