Predicted to enable metalloendopeptidase activity. Predicted to be involved in peptide metabolic process and protein processing involved in protein targeting to mitochondrion. Located in mitochondrion. Is expressed in heart and tibialis anterior. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in combined
oxidative phosphorylation deficiency 31. Orthologous to human MIPEP (mitochondrial intermediate peptidase). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]