Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Involved in cilium assembly and fat cell differentiation. Located in membrane. Part of BBSome. Is expressed in midgut; nervous system; sensory organ; and spleen. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Bardet-Biedl syndrome; Bardet-Biedl syndrome 9; craniosynostosis; and primary ovarian insufficiency. Orthologous to human BBS9 (Bardet-Biedl syndrome 9).