Predicted to enable metalloendopeptidase activity. Predicted to be involved in peptide catabolic process and proteolysis involved in protein catabolic process. Predicted to be located in cytosol and mitochondrion. Expressed in gonad. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Alzheimer's disease; diabetic encephalopathy; and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Is an ortholog of human IDE (insulin degrading enzyme).