Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to be involved in negative regulation of gene expression, epigenetic; positive regulation of DNA methylation-dependent heterochromatin formation; and protein localization to heterochromatin. Predicted to act upstream of or within keratinization. Predicted to be located in Golgi apparatus and cytosol. Predicted to be active in nucleoplasm. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; future spinal cord; ganglia; reproductive system; and sensory organ. Orthologous to human PPHLN1 (periphilin 1).