FAM171A2

Tier: Gold Standard Ciliary Genes

Ensembl:
ENSG00000161682
UniProt:
A8MVW0
OMIM:
621213
Synonyms:
family with sequence similarity 171 member A2

Subcellular localization

ciliary membrane

References: doi:10.1126/sciadv.aed5548

Function

FAM171-family brain-expressed membrane protein. Neuronal-cilia proteome hit that accumulates in retrieval-deficient Bbs4-/- cilia (Chang et al. 2026, Sci Adv), consistent with BBSome-regulated ciliary residence.