Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable metallodipeptidase activity and metalloendopeptidase activity. Predicted to be involved in epidermal growth factor receptor ligand maturation. Predicted to act upstream of or within proteolysis. Located in membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including gut and metanephros. Orthologous to human MEP1A (meprin A subunit alpha).