Predicted to enable identical protein binding activity and metalloendopeptidase activity. Predicted to be involved in proteolysis. Predicted to act upstream of or within positive regulation of cartilage development. Located in extracellular space and vesicle. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in osteogenesis imperfecta type 13. Orthologous to human BMP1 (bone morphogenetic protein 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]