Predicted to enable protein heterodimerization activity. Predicted to be involved in aging; cytoskeleton organization; and hair cycle. Predicted to act upstream of or within hair follicle morphogenesis and intermediate filament organization. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm and intermediate filament. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal recessive woolly hair 3. Orthologous to human KRT25 (keratin 25). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]