BBOF1
basal body orientation factor 1
- Ensembl:
- ENSG00000119636
- UniProt:
- Q8ND07
- OMIM:
- 620496
- Synonyms:
- C14ORF45, CCDC176, FBB10
Cilia effects upon perturbation of BBOF1
- Cilia number / % ciliated:
- No Effect
- Loss-of-function effect:
- No effect
Ciliogenesis screen results (1 screen)
- Breslow et al. 2018 (CRISPR) [CRISPR]: No Significant Effect PMID:29459680
Phenotypes
- Mouse phenotype:
- increased mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, increased basophil cell number, increased circulating iron level
- Mouse ciliopathy phenotype:
- male infertility, female infertility
Subcellular localization
basal body
Functional category
- Ciliary assembly/disassembly
- Actin & cytoskeleton regulation
- T cell biology
- Reproduction & sperm
- Cell migration & adhesion
Function
Required to maintain cilia orientation in multiciliated cells. Ciliogenesis occurs normally in embryos where bbof1 activity is reduced (https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.096727). Bbof1 morphants formed MCCs in the normal number (data not shown), cilia of normal length(23900544).