Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable actin filament binding activity and beta-catenin binding activity. Involved in cell-cell adhesion. Located in adherens junction; fascia adherens; and lamellipodium. Is expressed in cardiac muscle tissue and skin of male preputial swelling. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia 13. Orthologous to human CTNNA3 (catenin alpha 3).