Predicted to enable heparin binding activity and serine-type endopeptidase activity. Predicted to be involved in protein phosphorylation and response to bacterium. Predicted to act upstream of or within several processes, including defense response to fungus; positive regulation of immune response; and response to bacterium. Predicted to be located in cytoplasmic stress granule; plasma membrane; and secretory granule. Orthologous to human CTSG (cathepsin G). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]