BICC1

BicC family RNA binding protein 1

Tier: Gold Standard Ciliary Genes

Ensembl:
ENSG00000122870
UniProt:
Q9H694
OMIM:
614295

Ciliogenesis screen results (4 screens)

  • Wheway et al. 2015 (siRNA) [siRNA]: No effect PMID:26167766
  • Breslow et al. 2018 (CRISPR) [CRISPR]: No Significant Effect PMID:29459680
  • Roosing et al. 2015 (siRNA) [siRNA]: No effect PMID:26595381
  • Elliott et al. 2025 (CRISPRa) [CRISPRa]: Disassembly Trigger (casTLE Effect=-2.71) PMID:41160700

Phenotypes

Mouse phenotype:
preweaning lethality, complete penetrance, abnormal heart looping, preweaning lethality, incomplete penetrance, abnormal blood vessel morphology, decreased locomotor activity, abnormal placenta morphology, edema, abnormal placenta vasculature
Human ciliopathy phenotype:
multicystic dysplastic kidney

Ciliopathy associations

  • Cystic Kidney Disease

Subcellular localization

cilia

References: PMID:19666828

Functional category

  • Ciliary assembly/disassembly

Function

Localization of BICC1 in cilia is controversial. Targeted i ctivation of BicC randomizes left-right (LR) asymmetry by disrupting the planar alignment of motile cilia required for cilia-driven fluid flow. Depending on its SAM domain, BicC can uncouple Dvl2 signaling from the canonical Wnt pathway. The SAM domain concentrates BicC in cytoplasmic structures harboring R -processing bodies (P-bodies) and Dvl2. BicC links the orientation of cilia with PCP, possibly by regulating RNA silencing in P-bodies (19666828).