Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable aspartic-type endopeptidase activity. Predicted to be involved in positive regulation of antibacterial peptide production and proteolysis. Predicted to act upstream of or within digestion. Predicted to be located in extracellular region. Predicted to be active in extracellular space. Is expressed in gut and lung. Orthologous to human PGC (progastricsin).