Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables metalloendopeptidase activity. Predicted to be involved in dorsal/ventral pattern formation and protein processing. Predicted to act upstream of or within positive regulation of cartilage development. Located in collagen-containing extracellular matrix and extracellular space. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; central nervous system; embryo mesenchyme; heart; and reproductive system. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in osteogenesis imperfecta type 13. Orthologous to human BMP1 (bone morphogenetic protein 1).