Predicted to enable metalloendopeptidase activity. Predicted to be involved in collagen catabolic process and extracellular matrix organization. Predicted to act upstream of or within negative regulation of macrophage chemotaxis. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Predicted to be active in extracellular space. Orthologous to human MMP28 (matrix metallopeptidase 28). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]