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.
Predicted to enable oxidoreductase activity. Predicted to be involved in fatty acid elongation. Predicted to be located in endoplasmic reticulum. Expressed in head and tail. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in 17-beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 3 deficiency and Alzheimer's disease. Is an ortholog of human HSD17B12 (hydroxysteroid 17-beta dehydrogenase 12).
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.