Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.1.0)
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 several human genes including KRT6B (keratin 6B).
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