Forms the dehydrodolichyl diphosphate syntase (DDS) complex with NUS1; major enzyme of polyprenol synthesis in both the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and in lipid droplets; participates in ER protein sorting; human ortholog DHDDS functionally complements the heat sensitive growth defect of a ts allele, and is associated with retinitis pigmentosa [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000206]
Chromosome II: 241,708-242,568 reverse strand.
R64-1-1:BK006936.2
This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant), 368 orthologues and 1 paralogue.