Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables serine-type endopeptidase activity. Involved in nervous system development and protein processing. Acts upstream of or within proteolysis. Located in extracellular space. Is active in secretory granule. Is expressed in brain; endocrine gland; future brain; and gut. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in myocardial infarction and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Orthologous to human PCSK2 (proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 2).