Predicted to enable palmitoyltransferase activity. Predicted to be located in membrane. Predicted to be active in endoplasmic reticulum. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in chondrodysplasia-pseudohermaphroditism syndrome. Orthologous to human HHAT (hedgehog acyltransferase).
WB Description
hhat-2 encodes a putative protein-cysteine N-palmitoyltransferase ('hedgehog acyltransferase') orthologous to human HHAT (OMIM: 605743) and GUP1 (HHATL; OMIM:608116), and paralogous to HHAT-1; HHAT-2 is required for normal larval development and fat accumulation in mass RNAi assays; however, because C. elegans has no HEDGEHOG homolog, the substrate and function of HHAT-2 in vivo are unclear.