Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Predicted to enable metalloendopeptidase activity. Involved in determination of heart left/right asymmetry. Acts upstream of or within coronary vasculature development and hematopoietic progenitor cell differentiation. Predicted to be located in extracellular matrix and extracellular region. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; colon; genitourinary system; liver; and spleen. Used to study visceral heterotaxy. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in visceral heterotaxy. Orthologous to human MMP21 (matrix metallopeptidase 21).
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