Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable ethanolamine kinase activity. Predicted to be involved in phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthetic process. Predicted to act upstream of or within phospholipid biosynthetic process and phosphorylation. Predicted to be active in cytoplasm. Is expressed in several structures, including early embryo; endocrine gland; ganglia; male reproductive gland or organ; and retina. Orthologous to human ETNK1 (ethanolamine kinase 1).