Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.3.0)
Enables peptidase activity. Involved in several processes, including cellular response to virus; regulation of gene expression; and regulation of type I interferon-mediated signaling pathway. Acts upstream of or within lung alveolus development. Located in extracellular space and nucleus. Is expressed in gonad; large intestine; mesonephros; small intestine; and testis. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Barrett's esophagus; artery disease (multiple); coronary aneurysm; esophagus adenocarcinoma; and multiple sclerosis. Orthologous to human MMP12 (matrix metallopeptidase 12).
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