Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables metallocarboxypeptidase activity. Involved in insulin processing. Acts upstream of or within peptide hormone secretion and protein localization to secretory granule. Located in secretory granule membrane. Is active in secretory granule. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; brain; early conceptus; genitourinary system; and sensory organ. Used to study obesity. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in alcohol dependence; coronary artery disease; obesity; and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Orthologous to human CPE (carboxypeptidase E).
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