Predicted to enable structural molecule activity. Predicted to be involved in cornea development in camera-type eye and morphogenesis of an epithelium. Predicted to act upstream of or within epithelium development. Predicted to be located in intermediate filament. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Meesmann corneal dystrophy 1 and corneal dystrophy. Orthologous to human KRT12 (keratin 12). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]