Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables serine-type endopeptidase activity. Involved in membrane protein intracellular domain proteolysis and mitotic G2 DNA damage checkpoint signaling. Acts upstream of or within lipid metabolic process. Located in Golgi stack. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; ectoplacental cone; genitourinary system; and somite. Used to study idiopathic scoliosis. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia Kondo-Fu type. Orthologous to human MBTPS1 (membrane bound transcription factor peptidase, site 1).