Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables protein serine/threonine kinase activity. Predicted to be involved in mRNA transcription; negative regulation of apoptotic process; and negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Predicted to act upstream of or within apoptotic process and phosphorylation. Located in PML body and cytoplasm. Is expressed in diaphragm; heart; limb segment; paraxial mesenchyme; and skeletal musculature. Orthologous to human HIPK3 (homeodomain interacting protein kinase 3).