Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable protein serine/threonine kinase activity and transcription corepressor binding activity. Involved in cilium assembly; positive regulation of smoothened signaling pathway; and post-embryonic development. Acts upstream of or within brain development and epithelial cilium movement involved in extracellular fluid movement. Located in cytoplasm and extracellular region. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; sensory organ; skeleton; tail somite; and testis. Used to study hydrocephalus. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in primary ciliary dyskinesia. Orthologous to human STK36 (serine/threonine kinase 36).