Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables protein kinase activity. Involved in intracellular signal transduction. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including chorionic trophoblast cell differentiation; male germ-line sex determination; and placenta development. Located in cytoplasm. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; future brain; and genitourinary system. Orthologous to human MAP3K4 (mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 4).