Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable keratin filament binding activity. Predicted to be a structural constituent of skin epidermis. Predicted to be involved in intermediate filament organization and keratinization. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Predicted to be active in keratin filament. Is expressed in oral epithelium; skin; and testis. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal dominant woolly hair; ectodermal dysplasia 7; and hypotrichosis 3. Orthologous to human KRT74 (keratin 74).