Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables protein serine/threonine kinase activity. Involved in DNA damage response; mitotic G1/S transition checkpoint signaling; and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signal transduction. Part of chromatin. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; genitourinary system; pancreas tip epithelium; retina; and upper jaw. Orthologous to human PLK3 (polo like kinase 3).