Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to be a structural constituent of skin epidermis. Acts upstream of or within intermediate filament organization; keratinization; and morphogenesis of an epithelium. Predicted to be active in keratin filament. Is expressed in oral epithelium; skin; and tongue. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in focal or diffuse nonepidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma and pachyonychia congenita. Orthologous to human KRT6A (keratin 6A); KRT6B (keratin 6B); and KRT6C (keratin 6C).