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BTBD9 is a protein that is a subgroup of BTB(POZ) proteins, which are in charge of forming the limbs and cell fate in developing Drosophila melanogaster. BTB(POZ) proteins also play a role in cellular functions such as: cytoskeleton regulation, transcription regulation, the gating and assembly of ion channels, and ubiquitination of proteins. BTBD9 is extensively expressed in adult mouses whose central nervous system expression is in the thalamus, sub-thalamic nuclei, cortex, cerebellum, hippocampus, and caudate nucleus. Restless leg syndrome associated in the single-nucleotide polymorphism in the BTBD9 gene was also found to have a link with Tourette syndrome.