bbs-5 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Predicted to enable phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate binding activity. Predicted to be involved in cilium assembly and intracellular transport. Located in cilium. Expressed in head; neurons; outer labial neurons; and tail. Used to study Bardet-Biedl syndrome and ciliopathy. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Bardet-Biedl syndrome 5. Is an ortholog of human BBS5 (Bardet-Biedl syndrome 5).