Predicted to enable metalloendopeptidase activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including cellular response to cytokine stimulus; collagen fibril organization; and skeletal system development. Predicted to act upstream of or within proteolysis. Predicted to be located in cell surface. Predicted to be active in extracellular matrix. Orthologous to human ADAMTS7 (ADAM metallopeptidase with thrombospondin type 1 motif 7). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]