Predicted to enable protein heterodimerization activity. Acts upstream of or within hair follicle morphogenesis and intermediate filament organization. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm and intermediate filament. Is expressed in naris; oral epithelium; and vibrissa. 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]