RAB8A and ciliopathy: Rabin8 (also known as RAB3IP), an effector of Rab11 proteins and a nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for Rab8 proteins, is phosphorylated at S272 by NDR2 kinase (also known as STK38L), the canine early retinal degeneration (erd) gene product linked to the human ciliopathy Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA).