Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable metalloendopeptidase activity. Involved in collagen fibril organization; proteoglycan metabolic process; and skeletal system development. Predicted to be located in extracellular region. Predicted to be active in extracellular matrix. Is expressed in several structures, including lip; meninges; skeleton; spinal cord floor plate; and submandibular gland primordium. Orthologous to human ADAMTS12 (ADAM metallopeptidase with thrombospondin type 1 motif 12).