Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable ATP binding activity; magnesium ion binding activity; and protein serine/threonine kinase activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including cellular response to glucose starvation; protein localization to nucleus; and regulation of hippo signaling. Predicted to act upstream of or within apoptotic process and phosphorylation. Is expressed in several structures, including lung; neural ectoderm; nose; paravertebral ganglion; and ventricular layer. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in anencephaly. Orthologous to human NUAK2 (NUAK family kinase 2).