Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables carboxypeptidase activity and dipeptidase activity. Acts upstream of or within folic acid-containing compound metabolic process and proteolysis. Located in plasma membrane. Is expressed in central nervous system; male reproductive gland or organ; metanephros; and submandibular gland. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in abdominal aortic aneurysm and cerebral infarction. Orthologous to several human genes including FOLH1 (folate hydrolase 1).