Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable identical protein binding activity. Acts upstream of or within flagellated sperm motility and spermatogenesis. Located in cilium; cytoplasm; and manchette. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; sensory organ; testis; and upper jaw incisor. Used to study Bardet-Biedl syndrome 17. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Bardet-Biedl syndrome 17. Orthologous to human LZTFL1 (leucine zipper transcription factor like 1).