This gene encodes a protein with multiple PDZ domains. PDZ domains mediate protein-protein interactions, and proteins with multiple PDZ domains often organize multimeric complexes at the plasma membrane. This protein localizes to tight junctions and to the apical membrane of epithelial cells. A similar protein in Drosophila is a scaffolding protein which tethers several members of a multimeric signaling complex in photoreceptors. Alternative splicing results in four transcript variants encoding different isoforms. Additional transcript variants have been described but their full-length sequences have not been determined.Synonyms: PATJ, Pals1-associated tight junction protein, Protein associated to tight junctions