Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables peptidase activity. Acts upstream of or within proteolysis. Located in extracellular space. Is expressed in decidua; early conceptus; embryo; salivary gland; and uterus. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in cardiomyopathy; chronic kidney disease; end stage renal disease; hypertension; and myocardial infarction. Orthologous to several human genes including KLK1 (kallikrein 1).