Predicted to enable aspartic-type endopeptidase activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including cellular response to hydroxyurea; proteasomal protein catabolic process; and regulation of DNA stability. Predicted to act upstream of or within proteolysis. Is expressed in brain and future brain. Orthologous to human DDI1 (DNA damage inducible 1 homolog 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]