Acts upstream of or within several processes, including embryonic morphogenesis; non-motile cilium assembly; and smoothened signaling pathway. Located in several cellular components, including ciliary base; ciliary tip; and microtubule organizing center. Part of intraciliary transport particle B. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy. Orthologous to human IFT52 (intraflagellar transport 52). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]