Predicted to be a structural constituent of skin epidermis. Predicted to be involved in epithelial cell differentiation; intermediate filament organization; and regulation of keratinocyte differentiation. Predicted to be located in keratin filament. Predicted to be active in intermediate filament cytoskeleton. Orthologous to human KRT36 (keratin 36); INTERACTS WITH 17beta-estradiol; 17beta-estradiol 3-benzoate; alpha-Zearalanol.