Predicted to enable metalloendopeptidase activity. Predicted to be involved in proteolysis. Predicted to act upstream of or within cellular response to leukemia inhibitory factor. Predicted to be active in glutamatergic synapse. Predicted to be integral component of presynaptic membrane. Orthologous to human ADAM23 (ADAM metallopeptidase domain 23). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]