Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable several functions, including gamma-tubulin binding activity; identical protein binding activity; and transcription coactivator activity. Acts upstream of or within organelle assembly; positive regulation of non-motile cilium assembly; and smoothened signaling pathway. Located in centriole and ciliary basal body. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; foregut; sensory organ; submandibular gland primordium; and tooth. Used to study Seckel syndrome. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Seckel syndrome 4; primary autosomal recessive microcephaly; and primary autosomal recessive microcephaly 6. Orthologous to human CENPJ (centromere protein J).