BBS5 is part of the BBSome complex that may function as a coat complex required for sorting of specific membrane proteins to the primary cilia [1]. Mutations in the BBS5 gene cause Bardet-Biedl syndrome 5 [2, 3].

1: A core complex of BBS proteins cooperates with the GTPase Rab8 to promote ciliary membrane biogenesis. Nachury MV, Loktev AV, Zhang Q, Westlake CJ, Peranen J, Merdes A, Slusarski DC, Scheller RH, Bazan JF, Sheffield VC, Jackson PK; Cell. 2007;129:1201-1213. PMID:17574030

2: Comparative genomics identifies a flagellar and basal body proteome that includes the BBS5 human disease gene. Li JB, Gerdes JM, Haycraft CJ, Fan Y, Teslovich TM, May-Simera H, Li H, Blacque OE, Li L, Leitch CC, Lewis RA, Green JS, Parfrey PS, Leroux MR, Davidson WS, Beales PL, Guay-Woodford LM, Yoder BK, Stormo GD, Katsanis N, Dutcher SK; Cell. 2004;117:541-552. PMID:15137946

3: BBS genotype-phenotype assessment of a multiethnic patient cohort calls for a revision of the disease definition. Deveault C, Billingsley G, Duncan JL, Bin J, Theal R, Vincent A, Fieggen KJ, Gerth C, Noordeh N, Traboulsi EI, Fishman GA, Chitayat D, Knueppel T, Millan JM, Munier FL, Kennedy D, Jacobson SG, Innes AM, Mitchell GA, Boycott K, Heon E; Hum Mutat. 2011;32:610-619. PMID:21344540