Component of the centrioles controlling mother and daughter centrioles length. Recruits to the centriole IFT88 and centriole distal appendage-specific proteins including CEP164 (By similarity). Involved in the biogenesis of the cilium, a centriole-associated function. The cilium is a cell surface projection found in many vertebrate cells required to transduce signals important for development and tissue homeostasis . Plays an important role in development by regulating Wnt signaling and the specification of the left-right axis. Only OFD1 localized at the centriolar satellites is removed by autophagy, which is an important step in the ciliogenesis regulation (By similarity).
Subcellular locations: Cytoplasm, Cytoskeleton, Microtubule organizing center, Centrosome, Centriole, Cytoplasm, Cytoskeleton, Cilium basal body, Nucleus, Cytoplasm, Cytoskeleton, Microtubule organizing center, Centrosome, Centriolar satellite
Localizes to centriole distal ends and to centriolar satellites (, ). Localization to centrioles and pericentriolar satellites may be mediated by KIAA0753/OFIP .
Widely expressed. Expressed in 9 and 14 weeks old embryos in metanephric mesenchyme, oral mucosa, lung, heart, nasal and cranial cartilage, and brain. Expressed in metanephros, brain, tongue, and limb.