Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable serine-type endopeptidase activity. Predicted to be involved in plasminogen activation and positive regulation of fibrinolysis. Predicted to act upstream of or within several processes, including blood coagulation; fibrinolysis; and proteolysis. Predicted to be located in extracellular space. Is expressed in diencephalon roof plate; liver; liver left lobe; liver right lobe; and olfactory epithelium. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in lupus nephritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. Orthologous to human KLKB1 (kallikrein B1).