Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables mevalonate kinase activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including cholesterol biosynthetic process; isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthetic process, mevalonate pathway; and negative regulation of translation. Predicted to act upstream of or within cholesterol metabolic process and sterol biosynthetic process. Predicted to be located in peroxisome. Predicted to be active in cytosol. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; brain; genitourinary system; sensory organ; and skeleton. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in lipid metabolism disorder; mevalonic aciduria; and porokeratosis. Orthologous to human MVK (mevalonate kinase).