Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables manganese ion binding activity and protein serine/threonine kinase activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including DNA damage response; positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription; and regulation of cellular senescence. Predicted to act upstream of or within cell division and phosphorylation. Located in cytoplasm. Is expressed in seminiferous tubule; spermatid; spermatocyte; and testis. Orthologous to human NEK4 (NIMA related kinase 4).