Predicted to enable identical protein binding activity and peptidase activity. Predicted to be involved in proteolysis and regulation of lipid metabolic process. Predicted to act upstream of or within lipid metabolic process. Located in mitochondrion. Is expressed in several structures, including early conceptus; gonad; heart; liver; and metanephros. Orthologous to human LACTB (lactamase beta). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]