The SSX2IP:WRAP73 complex is proposed to act as regulator of spindle anchoring at the mitotic centrosome. Required for the centrosomal localization of SSX2IP and normal mitotic bipolar spindle morphology . Required for the targeting of centriole satellite proteins to centrosomes such as of PCM1, SSX2IP, CEP290 and PIBF1/CEP90. Required for ciliogenesis and involved in the removal of the CEP97:CCP110 complex from the mother centriole. Involved in ciliary vesicle formation at the mother centriole and required for the docking of vesicles to the basal body during ciliogenesis; may promote docking of RAB8A- and ARL13B-containing vesicles .
Subcellular locations: Cytoplasm, Cytoplasm, Cytoskeleton, Microtubule organizing center, Centrosome, Cytoplasm, Cytoskeleton, Microtubule organizing center, Centrosome, Centriole, Cytoplasm, Cytoskeleton, Microtubule organizing center, Centrosome, Centriolar satellite
Enriched in the proximal end of the mother centriole . During ciliogenesis also associated with the basal body of the adjacent centriole .
Ubiquitous. Predominant expression in heart, brain, liver, thymus, prostate, and testis, and barely detectable expression in lung.