May act as a cross-bridge between fibrils and other extracellular matrix molecules. Involved in skeletal myogenesis in the developing esophagus. May play a role in organization of the pericellular matrix or the sphinteric smooth muscle.
Subcellular locations: Secreted, Extracellular space, Extracellular matrix
Localized to vascular, neuronal, mesenchymal, and some epithelial basement membrane zones in umbilical cord.