Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Involved in photoreceptor cell morphogenesis. Located in cytoplasm and photoreceptor inner segment. Is expressed in cerebral cortex ventricular layer and cortical plate. Used to study cone-rod dystrophy 16 and retinitis pigmentosa. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Bardet-Biedl syndrome 21 and cone-rod dystrophy 16. Orthologous to human CFAP418 (cilia and flagella associated protein 418).