Required to maintain the integrity of photoreceptor cells (By similarity). Specifically required for normal morphology of the photoreceptor ciliary pocket, and might thus facilitate protein trafficking between the photoreceptor inner and outer segments via the transition zone (By similarity).
Subcellular locations: Cell projection, Cilium, Photoreceptor outer segment, Cell projection, Cilium, Cytoplasm, Cytoskeleton, Cilium axoneme, Cytoplasm, Cytoskeleton, Microtubule organizing center, Centrosome, Secreted, Extracellular space, Extracellular matrix, Interphotoreceptor matrix
Localizes to discrete puncta at, or adjacent to, the photoreceptor connecting cilium. Highly expressed in cone photoreceptor outer segments (By similarity). Weakly expressed in rod photoreceptor outer segments (By similarity). May localize to the cilium axoneme (By similarity). May also be secreted into the interphotoreceptor extracellular matrix (By similarity).