Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables peptidase activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including collagen fibril organization; protein processing; and spermatogenesis. Located in extracellular matrix. Is expressed in several structures, including brain and visceral pericardium. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome dermatosparaxis type. Orthologous to human ADAMTS2 (ADAM metallopeptidase with thrombospondin type 1 motif 2).