Predicted to enable keratin filament binding activity. Involved in epithelial cell differentiation; response to ionizing radiation; and response to zinc ion. Located in keratin filament. Biomarker of esophagus small cell carcinoma. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Naegeli-Franceschetti-Jadassohn syndrome; dermatopathia pigmentosa reticularis; and epidermolysis bullosa simplex. Orthologous to human KRT14 (keratin 14). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]