Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable calcium ion binding activity and gamma-catenin binding activity. Predicted to be involved in cell-cell adhesion and protein stabilization. Predicted to act upstream of or within cell adhesion. Located in desmosome. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; liver; skin; and testis. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in keratosis palmoplantaris striata 1. Orthologous to human DSG1 (desmoglein 1).