Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable cysteine-type endopeptidase inhibitor activity. Involved in several processes, including bone mineralization; calcium ion homeostasis; and endochondral bone morphogenesis. Acts upstream of or within cell maturation and chondrocyte differentiation. Located in cytosol. Orthologous to human CST5 (cystatin D).