Predicted to be involved in cilium assembly and intraciliary anterograde transport. Predicted to act upstream of or within several processes, including embryonic morphogenesis; non-motile cilium assembly; and smoothened signaling pathway. Predicted to be located in several cellular components, including ciliary base; ciliary tip; and microtubule organizing center. Predicted to be part of intraciliary transport particle B. Predicted to be active in centriole and cilium. 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]