Involved in cartilage development and endochondral ossification. Located in collagen-containing extracellular matrix. Biomarker of degenerative disc disease. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Schmid metaphyseal chondrodysplasia and osteochondrodysplasia. Orthologous to human COL10A1 (collagen type X alpha 1 chain). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]