Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables ribosome binding activity. Involved in embryo development; regulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signal transduction; and regulation of protein phosphorylation. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including positive regulation of actin filament polymerization; regulation of establishment of cell polarity; and regulation of protein phosphorylation. Part of TORC2 complex. Is expressed in early conceptus and oocyte. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in breast ductal carcinoma; gastrointestinal system cancer (multiple); and lung cancer (multiple). Orthologous to human RICTOR (RPTOR independent companion of MTOR complex 2).