Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables calcium-dependent cysteine-type endopeptidase activity. Acts upstream of or within mammary gland involution; proteolysis; and receptor catabolic process. Located in cytosol; lysosome; and mitochondrion. Is active in cornified envelope. Is expressed in liver; molar; oral region epithelium; and skin. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in hereditary spastic paraplegia 76. Orthologous to human CAPN1 (calpain 1).