Bbs9 - Bardet-Biedl syndrome 9 (human)

Involved in cilium assembly. Acts upstream of or within fat cell differentiation. Located in membrane. Part of BBSome. Is expressed in midgut; nervous system; sensory organ; and spleen. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Bardet-Biedl syndrome; Bardet-Biedl syndrome 9; craniosynostosis; and primary ovarian insufficiency. Orthologous to human BBS9 (Bardet-Biedl syndrome 9). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]