Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables MAP kinase kinase activity. Involved in insulin-like growth factor receptor signaling pathway. Acts upstream of or within MAPK cascade and heart development. Located in spindle. Is expressed in early conceptus; oocyte; and telencephalon. Orthologous to human MAP2K5 (mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 5).