Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable structural molecule activity. Predicted to be involved in bicellular tight junction assembly and cell adhesion. Predicted to be located in anchoring junction and membrane. Predicted to be active in bicellular tight junction and plasma membrane. Is expressed in cochlea; metanephros; pancreas; stomach; and utricle. Orthologous to human CLDN22 (claudin 22).