Responsible for the post-translational oxidative deamination of peptidyl lysine residues in precursors to fibrous collagen and elastin (PubMed:26838787). Regulator of Ras expression. May play a role in tumor suppression. Plays a role in the aortic wall architecture (By similarity). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P28301, ECO:0000269|PubMed:26838787}. This is the function of Ensembl gene identifier ENSG00000113083 (LOX, lysyl oxidase).