Predicted to enable oxidoreductase activity. Predicted to be involved in fatty acid elongation. Predicted to be active in endoplasmic reticulum. Is expressed in several structures, including body wall musculature; intestine; muscle cell; nervous system; and tail. 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-1 encodes a putative steroid dehydrogenase required for normally short lifespan; STDH-1 is orthologous to human HSD17B3 (OMIM:605573, mutated in pseudohermaphroditism), HSD17B12 (OMIM:609574), and HSDL1, and paralogous to LET-767 and STDH-2/-4; STDH-1 is expressed in larval intestine, and in both larval and adult body wall muscle and neurons.