Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables calcium-dependent cysteine-type endopeptidase activity. Involved in cellular response to amino acid stimulus and proteolysis. Acts upstream of or within blastocyst development and myoblast fusion. Located in cytosol; lysosome; and nucleus. Part of chromatin. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; lens epithelium; molar; oral region epithelium; and skin. Orthologous to human CAPN2 (calpain 2).