Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable alpha-catenin binding activity; cadherin binding activity; and enzyme binding activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including desmosome assembly; negative regulation of mRNA catabolic process; and protein localization to plasma membrane. Predicted to act upstream of or within cell adhesion. Located in desmosome. Is active in cornified envelope. Is expressed in skin. Orthologous to human PKP3 (plakophilin 3).