Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable protein serine/threonine kinase activity. Acts upstream of or within blood vessel development and positive regulation of p38MAPK cascade. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm. Is expressed in several structures, including early conceptus; heart; and metanephros. Orthologous to human MAP3K3 (mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 3).