Predicted to enable 3-beta-hydroxy-delta5-steroid dehydrogenase activity. Predicted to be involved in steroid biosynthetic process. Is an ortholog of C. elegans
bus-5 and C32D5.12 and members of the C. elegans hsd gene class including
hsd-1. In C. elegans,
hsd-1 is involved in nematode larval development and sterol biosynthetic process.