Contributes to metalloendopeptidase activity. Involved in proteolysis. Part of mitochondrial processing peptidase complex. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in autosomal recessive spinocerebellar ataxia 2. Is an ortholog of human PMPCA (peptidase, mitochondrial processing subunit alpha).
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.