Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable peptidase activity. Predicted to be involved in positive regulation of neuron apoptotic process. Predicted to act upstream of or within cell differentiation and proteolysis. Is active in cornified envelope. Is expressed in several structures, including autopod and skin. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis. Orthologous to human CASP14 (caspase 14).