Enables metallocarboxypeptidase activity and tubulin binding activity. Involved in defense response to virus and protein branching point deglutamylation. Located in cytosol and nucleus. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in retinitis pigmentosa 75. Orthologous to human AGBL5 (AGBL carboxypeptidase 5). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]