Predicted to enable cysteine-type endopeptidase activity. Predicted to be involved in proteolysis involved in cellular protein catabolic process. Predicted to be active in extracellular space and lysosome. Is expressed in adrenal gland and blood vessel. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis 13. Orthologous to human CTSF (cathepsin F). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]