Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable cysteine-type endopeptidase activity. Predicted to be involved in proteolysis involved in protein catabolic process. Predicted to act upstream of or within proteolysis. Predicted to be active in extracellular space and lysosome. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; genitourinary system; gut; immune system; and spinal cord. Orthologous to human CTSO (cathepsin O).