Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Involved in photoreceptor cell development and photoreceptor cell maintenance. Located in axoneme; photoreceptor connecting cilium; and photoreceptor outer segment. Is expressed in central nervous system; liver; neural retinal epithelium; retina inner nuclear layer; and retina outer nuclear layer. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in occult macular dystrophy and retinitis pigmentosa 88. Orthologous to human RP1L1 (RP1 like 1).