gene: asm-3 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Predicted to enable acid sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase activity. Involved in lipid droplet disassembly. Predicted to be located in extracellular space and lysosome. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Niemann-Pick disease type A and Niemann-Pick disease type B. Is an ortholog of human SMPD1 (sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase 1).