Predicted to be an extracellular matrix structural constituent. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including basement membrane assembly; endodermal cell differentiation; and substrate adhesion-dependent cell spreading. Predicted to act upstream of or within brown fat cell differentiation. Predicted to be located in basement membrane. Predicted to be part of laminin-5 complex. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in amelogenesis imperfecta type 1A; junctional epidermolysis bullosa; junctional epidermolysis bullosa Herlitz type; junctional epidermolysis bullosa non-Herlitz type; and lung small cell carcinoma. Orthologous to human LAMB3 (laminin subunit beta 3). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]