Enables metallopeptidase activity. Predicted to be involved in collagen catabolic process and extracellular matrix organization. Predicted to be located in extracellular space. Expressed in anchor cell. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including artery disease (multiple); autoimmune disease (multiple); and reproductive organ cancer (multiple). Is an ortholog of several human genes including MMP1 (matrix metallopeptidase 1); MMP3 (matrix metallopeptidase 3); and MMP8 (matrix metallopeptidase 8).
Map position created from combination of previous interpolated map position (based on known location of sequence) and allele information. Therefore this is not a genetic map position based on recombination frequencies or genetic experiments. This was done on advice of the CGC.