Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable serine-type endopeptidase inhibitor activity. Involved in several processes, including inflammatory response; negative regulation of interleukin-1 beta production; and type B pancreatic cell proliferation. Acts upstream of or within regulation of protein catabolic process. Located in extracellular region. Is expressed in bladder wall; brain; embryo mesenchyme; gut; and liver lobe. Orthologous to human SERPINB1 (serpin family B member 1).