Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables DNA-dependent protein kinase activity; double-stranded DNA binding activity; and enzyme binding activity. Involved in several processes, including regulation of hematopoietic stem cell differentiation; regulation of hemopoiesis; and regulation of protein metabolic process. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including DNA metabolic process; ectopic germ cell programmed cell death; and hemopoiesis. Located in nucleus. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; liver; neural retina; and thymus primordium. Used to study Duchenne muscular dystrophy; severe combined immunodeficiency, autosomal recessive, T cell-negative, B cell-negative, Nk cell-positive; and type 1 diabetes mellitus. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in immunodeficiency 26. Orthologous to human PRKDC (protein kinase, DNA-activated, catalytic subunit).