Member of an oxysterol-binding protein family; family members have overlapping, redundant functions in sterol metabolism and collectively perform a function essential for viability; GFP-fusion protein localizes to the cell periphery; overexpression extends lifespan by promoting vacuolar fusion; OSH6 has a paralog, OSH7, that arose from the whole genome duplication [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001711]
Chromosome XI: 445,381-446,727 forward strand.
R64-1-1:BK006944.2
This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant), 262 orthologues and 5 paralogues.