dhs-28 encodes an ortholog of human 17-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 4 (HSD17B4; OMIM:601860, mutated in D-bifunctional protein deficiency), which contains a C-terminal SCP-2 sterol transfer domain; the deletion allele dhs-28(ok450) is superficially wild-type.
Predicted to enable oxidoreductase activity. Involved in several processes, including ascaroside biosynthetic process; dauer entry; and positive regulation of developmental process. Located in peroxisome. Expressed in hypodermis. Used to study obesity. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in D-bifunctional protein deficiency; Perrault syndrome; and Stiff-Person syndrome. Is an ortholog of human HSD17B4 (hydroxysteroid 17-beta dehydrogenase 4).
Map position created from combination of previous interpolated map position (based on known location of sequence) and allele information. Therefore this is not a genetic map position based on recombination frequencies or genetic experiments. This was done on advice of the CGC.