Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Involved in cilium assembly and cilium movement. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including protein-containing complex assembly; single fertilization; and sperm flagellum assembly. Located in axoneme and sperm flagellum. Is expressed in lateral ventricle choroid plexus; metencephalon part of 4th ventricle choroid plexus; and olfactory epithelium. Used to study oligoasthenoteratozoospermia. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in spermatogenic failure 41. Orthologous to human CFAP70 (cilia and flagella associated protein 70).