maoc-1 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Enables identical protein binding activity. Involved in defense response to Gram-negative bacterium and innate immune response. Predicted to be located in peroxisomal membrane. 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).