Predicted to enable metal ion binding activity and metalloendopeptidase activity. Predicted to act upstream of or within proteolysis. Predicted to be located in extracellular region. Is expressed in foregut-midgut junction; hindgut; midgut; and stomach. Orthologous to human ADAMDEC1 (ADAM like decysin 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]