gene: hosl-1 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Predicted to enable sterol esterase activity and triglyceride lipase activity. Predicted to be involved in triglyceride catabolic process. Predicted to be located in cytosol. Expressed in tail. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in artery disease (multiple); familial partial lipodystrophy type 6; and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Is an ortholog of human LIPE (lipase E, hormone sensitive type).