Primary Identifier | MGI:1915228 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 5 | NCBI Gene Number | 67978 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Involved in cilium assembly; protein localization to ciliary transition zone; and smoothened signaling pathway. Located in ciliary transition zone. Part of MKS complex. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; retina; and turbinate bone primordium. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Joubert syndrome 24 and Meckel syndrome 8. Orthologous to human TCTN2 (tectonic family member 2). PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele exhibit open neural tubes, exencephaly, micropthalmia, cleft palate, preaxial polydactyly, ventricular septal defect, sight-sided stomach, absent floor plate, and cilia defects. [provided by MGI curators] |