Cst12 - cystatin 12

Predicted to enable cysteine-type endopeptidase inhibitor activity. Predicted to act upstream of or within negative regulation of peptidase activity. Predicted to be located in extracellular region. Is expressed in reproductive system. Orthologous to human CST12P (cystatin 12, pseudogene). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]