Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables metalloendopeptidase activity. Involved in several processes, including diet induced thermogenesis; negative regulation of mitochondrial fusion; and protein processing. Acts upstream of or within cristae formation. Located in mitochondrial inner membrane. Is expressed in alimentary system; liver lobe; nose; and submandibular gland primordium. Orthologous to human OMA1 (OMA1 zinc metallopeptidase).