Predicted to enable protein kinase C binding activity; scaffold protein binding activity; and structural molecule activity. Involved in wound healing. Located in desmosome and fascia adherens. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Carvajal syndrome; arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia 8; and dilated cardiomyopathy. Orthologous to human DSP (desmoplakin). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]