Enables ATP-dependent peptidase activity. Involved in mitochondrial protein processing. Located in mitochondrion. Used to study dilated cardiomyopathy. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in optic atrophy 11. Orthologous to human YME1L1 (YME1 like 1 ATPase). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]