gene: ncr-2 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Predicted to enable cholesterol binding activity. Involved in cholesterol homeostasis; cholesterol transport; and nematode larval development. Predicted to be located in plasma membrane. Expressed in XXXL; XXXR; gonadal sheath cell; spermatheca; and ventral nerve cord. Used to study Niemann-Pick disease. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Niemann-Pick disease type C1. Is an ortholog of human NPC1 (NPC intracellular cholesterol transporter 1).