Predicted to enable metalloendopeptidase activity. Predicted to be involved in collagen catabolic process and extracellular matrix organization. Predicted to act upstream of or within basement membrane organization; collagen fibril organization; and negative regulation of fat cell differentiation. Predicted to be located in extracellular matrix. Orthologous to human MMP11 (matrix metallopeptidase 11). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]