Lca5 - lebercilin LCA5

Predicted to be involved in intraciliary transport. Predicted to act upstream of or within photoreceptor cell maintenance. Located in ciliary basal body and photoreceptor connecting cilium. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Leber congenital amaurosis 5. Orthologous to human LCA5 (lebercilin LCA5). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]