Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable endopeptidase activity. Predicted to contribute to metallopeptidase activity. Predicted to be involved in protein processing involved in protein targeting to mitochondrion. Located in mitochondrion. Is expressed in genitourinary system. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal recessive spinocerebellar ataxia 2. Orthologous to human PMPCA (peptidase, mitochondrial processing subunit alpha).