Predicted to be located in membrane. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in congenital diarrhea 5 with tufting enteropathy; corneal dystrophy; gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy; and hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer type 8. Orthologous to human EPCAM (epithelial cell adhesion molecule) and TACSTD2 (tumor associated calcium signal transducer 2).