Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables endonuclease activity. Involved in several processes, including DNA catabolic process; neutrophil activation involved in immune response; and regulation of neutrophil mediated cytotoxicity. Acts upstream of or within apoptotic DNA fragmentation and programmed cell death involved in cell development. Located in nucleus. Orthologous to human DNASE1L3 (deoxyribonuclease 1 like 3).