Predicted to enable metalloendopeptidase inhibitor activity and protease binding activity. Predicted to be involved in negative regulation of membrane protein ectodomain proteolysis and response to organic substance. Predicted to be located in extracellular matrix and extracellular space. Expressed in several structures, including coelomocyte; gonad; head neurons; nerve ring; and vulval cell. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including Alzheimer's disease; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Huntington's disease; artery disease (multiple); and carcinoma (multiple). Is an ortholog of human TIMP2 (TIMP metallopeptidase inhibitor 2).
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.