Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable RNA polymerase II-specific DNA-binding transcription factor binding activity and phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate binding activity. Predicted to be involved in cilium assembly and intracellular transport. Predicted to act upstream of or within cell projection organization and protein transport. Located in axoneme; centriolar satellite; and ciliary basal body. Part of BBSome. Is expressed in brain; spinal cord; and testis. Used to study Bardet-Biedl syndrome 5. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Bardet-Biedl syndrome and Bardet-Biedl syndrome 5. Orthologous to human BBS5 (Bardet-Biedl syndrome 5).