Predicted to enable cytoskeletal protein binding activity and identical protein binding activity. Predicted to be involved in intermediate filament organization. Located in Z disc; gap junction; and type III intermediate filament. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in intrinsic cardiomyopathy (multiple) and myopathy (multiple). Orthologous to human DES (desmin). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]