May function in the assembly or regulation of proteins in the cornified envelope. The LIM domain may be involved in homotypic or heterotypic associations and may function to localize sciellin to the cornified envelope.
Tissue specificity:Highly expressed in esophagus. It is also expressed in keratinocytes, amniotic tissue, foreskin stratum spinosum and stratum granulosum, hair follicle and nail.